Not that you asked me, but I use Iridium Firewall. http://www.karynova.com/iridium/ Still dated 2.2 ipchains, but super simple to configure, and install (just a script to run from rc.local). Kelly Black KB0GBJ On Tuesday 05 February 2002 12:40, you wrote: > On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:33:30 -0600 > > "Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com> wrote: > > Please don't use smoothwall. Among other problems, one of the > > developers > > installed a backdoor in it awhile back. After people figured it out, he > > was > > kicked out of the development group. 2 weeks later they let him back in > > because he said someone hacked his machine and put it in acting as him. > > Even if that is true, if someone can break into his box and put > > backdoors in > > smoothwall, it's certainly not something I would use. > > > > Read their mailing list archives. Of course, that whole thread may have > > been removed by Dick Morrell the lead dictator/developer. > > > > jay > > Jay, > Aside from smoothwall, what other firewall would you recommend? > Everything that I seem to be reading about Smoothwall is turning it sour. > It's still at the 2.2 kernel, and I'd like to move up to the 2.4 kernel. > I tried to build my own firewall, however, I lacked the time to really > devote to a project of that tasking. > > Shawn > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list