[H-GEN] Smoothwall dialling problem

[Hilton Travis]

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Hi Ewan,

On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 10:09, Ewan Edwards wrote:
> 
> Hilton
> 
> >
> > > Fixes 1, 2, and 3 for Smoothwall GPL 1.0 have since been applied in the
> > > hope that may clear the problem.
> >
> > Nope, they don't.
> 
> So we found out.  :-(

Bummer, eh?

> > > I've not yet had a chance to have a look at this myself, so I was
> > > wondering if this sort of problem has been seen before or if anyone can
> > > suggest where to start looking to fix.
> >
> > I have reported this to Lawrence (bugs at smoothwall.org or
> > submissions at smoothwall.org - whichever is currently active) as have a
> > few others.  I'd suggest that you also report it to him.
> 
> Shall do.

As with anything else in the world, the more people who bring a problem
to someone's attention, the more likely that problem gets resolved.

> > > If it comes to the crunch, I'll take a spare cdrom drive and a copy of
> > > GPL 1.0 around to do a new install.  (GPL 2.0 is still in beta is it
> > > not?)
> >
> > GPL 1.0 (from scratch) has the same issue as does a GPL 0.9.9 post
> > fixes18 installation.
> 
> Oohh phooey!  :-(

I can think of other appropriate words, too.  :(

> > Yes, GPL 2.0 is still in Beta (B4, to be precise) and AFAIK it also
> > suffers from the same issue.  I have also reported this.
> 
> Phooey again.  ;-)

ditto...

> Looks like I'm left with 3 options.
> 1. Put up with having to reboot the firewall regularly until (if?) a fix is 
> developed and applied.
> 2. Rebuild the firewall with Smoothwall 0.9.9SE and apply all fixes up to, but 
> not including, fixes 18.
> 3. Find another similarly easy-to-use home firewall solution.

If you are looking for a halfway decent firewall to install on a Windows
box, have a look at Outpost (free version available)
http://www.agnitum.com/

Of course, it is still a firewall running on a Windows box - with the
inherent security issues that results in.  I'll also forward this email
onto Lawrence in the hope that it will encourage them to fix this issue.

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