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| 2003-11-22 |
NEW • Development Release: SmoothWall 2.0 RC 1 |
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After 7 beta releases, the first release candidate of SmoothWall 2.0 is available: "It's beta time again ... SmoothWall Express 2.0 RC1, codenamed "deltic", is available now! Critical changes in this release candidate include: replaced ipac with RRDtool for nicer network usage graphs; custom DynDNS works once more; some changes to the web user interface; updates list location changed; more bugs corrected." See the distribution's Beta Programme page and release notes for further details. Download: smoothwall-2.0-deltic.iso (33.3MB).
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| About SmoothWall
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| SmoothWall is a family of Internet security products, designed to defend your users and your network from external attacks. SmoothWall Express is based on the Linux operating system. Linux is the ideal choice for security systems; it is well proven, secure, highly configurable and freely available as open source code. SmoothWall includes a hardened subset of the GNU/Linux operating system, so there is no separate OS to install. Designed for ease of use, SmoothWall is configured via a web-based GUI, and requires absolutely no knowledge of Linux to install or use.
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| Recent Related News |
| 2007-08-22 |
Distribution Release: SmoothWall Express 3.0 |
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SmoothWall Express 3.0, a free firewall distribution that includes its own security-hardened GNU/Linux operating system and an easy-to-use web interface, has been released: "Express 3.0 is our latest version of the long running and successful SmoothWall Express firewall. Headline new features relative to 2.0: supports a 4th network card for Wireless Access Points; 64-bit support; based upon Linux 2.6 kernel; new realtime traffic graph shows traffic bandwidth usage over time (AJAX); per-IP address traffic statistics collection in all traffic stats pages; Instant Messenger proxy with logging and filtering abilities; SATA and SCSI support; streamlined installer and setup; outbound filtering; new update mechanism which can download and install all pending updates with a single click...." Read the comprehensive release notes for full details. Download (MD5): smoothwall-express-3.0-i386.iso (68.9MB), smoothwall-express-3.0-x86_64.iso (70.3MB).
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| 2007-08-07 |
Development Release: SmoothWall Express 3.0 RC1 |
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The first release candidate of SmoothWall Express 3.0 is ready for testing: "Express 3.0 is our latest version of the long running and successful SmoothWall Express firewall. This is a release candidate release, code name 'Sammy'. This means that this build will become the final version of SmoothWall Express 3.0, assuming no problems are found. New features and fixes relative to the previous Express 3.0 beta, Degu: final changes to the theme graphics to incorporate the polar bear silhouette, including the boot screen; added missing page descriptions; added support for empty hostnames in Dynamic DNS pages; MySmoothWall integration; build system now uses hosts resolv.conf instead of makefile variables; runtime kernel now has DMA support for all supported IDE chipsets...." Read the comprehensive release notes for further details. Download (MD5): smoothwall-express-3.0-sammy-i386.iso (68.5MB), smoothwall-express-3.0-sammy-x86_64.iso (70.0MB).
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| 2007-05-16 |
Development Release: SmoothWall Express 3.0 Beta "Degu" |
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The first beta release of SmoothWall Express, a popular firewall distribution, is ready for testing: "SmoothWall is pleased to announce the much-awaited release of the beta, feature-complete version of Express 3.0. Code-named 'Degu', 3.0 is the latest version of our successful and long-running express firewall software and incorporates a number of new features and improvements. Designed to be easier to install and configure, the new version (based upon the latest Linux 2.6 kernel) is a big advance beyond Version 2. Significant new features include: a much improved user interface; additional 'purple' network interface; additional support for newer hardware (including 64-bit processors); improved VPN subsystem...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download MD5: smoothwall-express-3.0-degu-i686.iso (65.6MB), smoothwall-express-3.0-degu-x86_64.iso (67.5MB).
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| 2006-12-22 |
Development Release: SmoothWall Express 3.0 Alpha "Koala" |
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A new development build of SmoothWall Express 3.0 has been released for public testing: "Express 3.0 is our latest version of the long running and successful SmoothWall Express firewall. This is an alpha release, code name "koala". This means that although this build is working and usable, it is not feature-complete." Some of the new features relative to version 2.0 include: "Based upon the latest 2.6 kernel; brand new theme; includes many new NIC drivers; brand new update system; NTP service for the local network; local hosts list that can be served through the DNS proxy; replacement traffic stats page; SIP NAT support; many internal changes to make the code more organised and easier to work with...." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download: smoothwall-express-3.0-koala.iso (48.1MB).
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| 2005-09-02 |
Development Release: SmoothWall Express 3.0 Alpha "Grizzly" |
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The first development release of the all-new SmoothWall Express firewall has arrived: "On the fifth anniversary of the first SmoothWall firewall, Internet security specialist SmoothWall Limited is pleased to announce the availability of the first test version of SmoothWall Express 3, the latest version of the world's most popular firewall appliance software. Express 3 is based on the latest Linux 2.6 kernel and features a new open architecture designed to make it easy for software developers to produce their own security components for SmoothWall. This is intended to foster the development of new and improved open source software, to the benefit of the open source movement as a whole." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download: smoothwall-express-3.0-grizzly.iso (45.8MB).
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| 2003-10-24 |
Development Release: SmoothWall 2.0 Beta 7 |
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The seventh beta on the road to SmoothWall 2.0 is now available. From the release notes: "Security fixes for openssh and openssl; fixed graphs for png; fixed .htaccess bug; fixed snort log rotation, after a long period of use, it was possible for snort to fail to start due to a full logging directory; fixed gettime.pl bug whereby time not saved to cmos because of bad path to hwclock binary; advanced networking features (ping, igmp, etc); IP blocking (including from firewall log); fixed DHCP client problem whereby a network restart would not kill the dhcpcd process; backup and restore of configuration to floppy or floppy image; updated BeWAN driver - this allegedly fixes a problem when the card is on a shared IRQ..." Download: smoothwall-2.0-pendolino.iso (32.9MB).
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| 2003-09-25 |
Development Release: SmoothWall 2.0 Beta 6 |
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A new beta version of SmoothWall 2.0 -- beta 6, code name "Voyager" -- is now available. From the release announcement: "Critical changes include: 2.4.22 kernel; core build distribution updated to updated Red Hat 8.0; support for BeWAN PCI ADSL card; portforward ranges; the https admin port is now 441 instead of 445. Specifications include: 2.4.22 kernel, new user interface, ext3 filesystem, iptables, increased support for ADSL devices, including Thomson/Alcatel USB Speedtouch, U.S. Robotics USB SureConnect Fujitsu/Westell (USB ECI chipset devices, including Zoom, Eicon Diva, Solwise SAR100/EA100, and Xentrix), and BeWAN (PCI device)." Full details on the distribution's beta programme page. Download: smoothwall-2.0-voyager.iso (33.1MB).
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