[KLUG Members] Announcing Smoothwall 0.9.9 on CDR.

[Bruce Smith]

I've added Smoothwall 0.9.9 to the list of CD's sold by KLUG.

For those who don't know, Smoothwall is a _dedicated_ firewall
package.  In fact it's so dedicated, during it's install process,
it will completely destroy the first hard drive on a PC, almost
without asking.  So, be warned, you need a machine you can 
dedicate to be your firewall and nothing else.

Smoothwall supports cable modems, DSL (including PPPoE, and USB), 
ISDN, and the lowly dialup user such as myself.  It's a breeze 
to install and configure (been running it all weekend myself).
All configuration is done by simply pointing a web browser at
your new dedicated firewall after the five minute install.
It even has a SSL web server installed if you don't trust
people on your local network!   :-)

Along with being a connect upon demand firewall, it also has
the optional features of:

o  Squid proxy server.
o  DHCP server for your network.
o  DMZ for servers (third network).
o  Port forwarding to your servers.
o  Custom firewall rules.
o  Intrusion Detection System (snort).
o  SSH client and server.
o  A dozen or more logs online.
o  Persistent connection (reconnects when disconnected).
o  Automatic update of five major dynamic dns services
   whenever your IP changes (hn.org, dyndns.org, dhs,org ...)
o  IPSEC VPN's (Freeswan).

Did I mention all the the above was configured from a web browser?  :-)

And get this:  I've heard of people running it on a 386 with 8MB of
memory and getting decent performance!  (they recommend 16MB memory :)
I installed it on a 540MB drive with plenty of room to spare.

Since there is room available, I redid the ISO image they provide and 
added all of their PDF documentation.  (it actually has excellent docs! :)

For more info:  http://www.smoothwall.org/

To get from KLUG:  http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/bsware/

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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