[KLUG Members] Smoothwall

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith]

Richard Vincent wrote:
> Bruce,
> Can Smoothwall be used for Internet Filtering? Or is SQUID a
> better product for filtering.

SmoothWall is a lightweight Linux distro for utilizing the Linux
kernel's built-in packet filtering (firewalling) capabilities. 
Newer versions include Squid for proxying/caching.

You can block IPs with the Linux kernel's packet filter, but you
probably don't want to use it for higher-level, specific services
like web browsing.

-- TheBS

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