On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:02:43 +0800, "Fritz Mesedilla" <fritz.mesedilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message <F22386C3FEB012449238672E38ED61E70A8D08@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hello folks! > > Has anyone tried smoothwall? > I have become tired of making samba work and still it won't work so > now I am resorting to using a "pre-built" iptables firewall. At least > it is GUI-based. :D > > I've always wanted to make my own firewall bash script. > If I can make smoothwall and samba to work properly then perhaps I can > use the firewall script it generates to make my own, right? > > So can anyone advice me on this one? ..needs its own box, if your ok with that, chk out ipcop.org. ..also possible to set up a basic debian with 2.4.18 (bf24) and rip out ipchains and install shorewall.net and webmin.com, do 'apt-get remove --purge ipchains ; apt-get update ; apt-get \ upgrade ; apt-get install shorewall webmin ', then go into webmin's update menu to update webmin to 1.110 or whatever it is now, then go into webmin's shorewall menu. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.