For what it's worth I used ZoneAlarm behind Smoothwall and it worked fine. Zonealarm never made a peep after I put in my Smoothie. ZoneAlarm would still bark at the occasional un-known application however. Smoothwall is great.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Josh Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 1:28 PM Subject: Re: zone alarm personal firewall (smoothwall) Josh, Thank you for the information. I am currently readind the FAQ on smoothwalls site. It will work, but the suggest at least a P100 to work on a DSL line. If you are doing dialup then you can use an old 486. Steven *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 10/19/2001 at 1:22 PM Josh Welch wrote: >Smoothwall actually is a version of Linux, with some enhanced firewalling >and management capabilities. It requires very little hardware, I'm not sure >if the SX would work or not. Check out http://smoothwall.org for more >information on it. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steven Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Adam Clinch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 11:44 AM >Subject: RE: zone alarm personal firewall (smoothwall) > > >> >> Adam, >> >> It sounds like it is fairly easy to install. What version of Linux are >you using >> for the machine?? I have an old 486 SX box that I was going to use. I >guess that >> is not going to be enough for this. By looking at the other note you >sent. >> >> Please keep me in the loop as you get the VPN set up. I would like to >hear about >> what problems you have run up against. >> >> Steven >> >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >> On 10/19/2001 at 5:30 PM Adam Clinch wrote: >> >> >No Worries, Steve. >> > >> >Yeah I have smoothwall running right now. >> >The installation was amazingly easy. >> >The only thing I had to do was manually set the media type on my 3com >combo >> >cards. >> >After that you access the firewall from another machine via a SSL >> >connection >> >configure dial up settings load ADSL firmware which I obtained from >acatel, >> >configured dhcp and enabled squid and snort. Very very easy all via >point >> >an >> >click. >> >It took all of about 15min from the beginning of install to an operating >> >gateway. >> >I was quite impressed to see that it had snort built in as I've been >> >wanting >> >to play with that for a while now. >> > >> >I am yet to configure the VPN side. but a friend of mine is running >> >smoothwall over his cable connection and we are going to do the same as >> >you. >> > >> >An interesting aspect is that it ties in with some dynamic DNS >providers. >I >> >am speculating now, but this may help sort out the problems I've had >trying >> >to configure semi permanent VPN's via a Dynamic interface using other >> >software. >> > >> >Cheers >> > >> >Ad, >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steven Pierce >> >Sent: 19 October 2001 16:54 >> >To: Adam Clinch >> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Subject: RE: zone alarm personal firewall >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >Adam, >> > >> >Are you using the Smoothwall your self? What is hard to set up and has >it >> >done what >> >it has promised?? A friend and I are looking to get some VPN going so >that >> >we can access >> >each others machine now and again. That would be great. Does it >require >a >> >lot of hardware >> >and a specific version of linux?? >> > >> >Sorry to write off the list, but this sparked my interest. >> > >> >Steven >> > >> >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> > >> >On 10/19/2001 at 4:38 PM Adam Clinch wrote: >> > >> >>You can also use it to specify a limited number of ports that you want >an >> >>application to run on. >> >>Great for applications that open up a load of ports when you only want >to >> >>make a couple available. >> >>It also works well if you are providing nat from the dial up machine. >> >> >> >>If you have a spare machine though I would recommend using smoothwall >> >>http://www.smoothwall.org >> >>Its a great GPL firewall built on a linux kernel, offering integrated >USB >> >>ADSL support, Intrusion detection (snort) webcache (squid) and VPN >tunnels >> >>all through a web based interface. >> >> >> >>Cheers >> >>Ad, >> >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Byron Kennedy >> >>Sent: 18 October 2001 22:04 >> >>To: 'Ian Gomeche'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Subject: RE: zone alarm personal firewall >> >> >> >> >> >>For $39 you should upgrade to the Pro-version. it will give you more >> >>granular control over icmp, tcp, and udp. This will help until you get >> >>some >> >>dedicated bandwidth, then investing in a dedicated firewall. >> >> >> >>So, are you using dialup RAS and etrn with your exch ims? >> >> >> >>cheers.byron >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>From: Ian Gomeche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >>Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:50 AM >> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Subject: zone alarm personal firewall >> >> >> >> >> >>i am sure that this has been discussed before , but has anyone any >views >> >on >> >>the personal firewall zone alarm?. i am not connected to a network and >> >have >> >>dial up access to my ISP and will have until our exchange is upgraded >to >> >>handle broadband in december 2002. i am currently using the free basic >> >zone >> >>alarm product which i quite like. is it any good though? also , what >> >>benefit would there be in upgrading to the professional version which >> >costs >> >>40 dollars ? >> >> >> >>thanks >> >> >> >>ian >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >> >>Firewalls mailing list >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls >> >>_______________________________________________ >> >>Firewalls mailing list >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>********************************************************************** >> >>This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >> >>intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >> >>are addressed. 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