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