SmoothWall is a firewall distribution based on the GNU/Linux operating system. Designed for ease of use, SmoothWall is configured via a web-based GUI, and requires little or no knowledge of Linux to install or use. SmoothWall began life as SmoothWall GPL, a freely redistributable version, in August 2000, with a proprietary version sold by SmoothWall Ltd from November 2001. It is now available in several free and paid-for versions. It has been suggested that network layer firewall be merged into this article or section. ... Unix systems filiation. ... An operating system (OS) is a set of computer programs that manage the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... GUI can refer to the following: GUI is short for graphical user interface, a term used to describe a type of interface in computing. ... It has been suggested that Criticism of Linux be merged into this article or section. ...

According to figures released by the company^[1], Smoothwall currently has over 1 million active installations worldwide.

SmoothWall Express

SmoothWall Express

Smoothwall Express 2.0 Welcome Screen
Website:	smoothwall.org
OS family:	GNU/Linux
Source model:	Open source
Latest stable release:	2.0 SP1 / December 22, 2006
Latest unstable release:	3.0 beta "Degu" / May 16, 2007
Kernel type:	Linux 2.4 (stable) / 2.6 (unstable)
Default user interface:	web user interface
License:	GPL
Working state:	Current

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SmoothWall GPL

Released in August 2000, SmoothWall GPL was developed by Lawrence Manning and Richard Morrell to provide a quick and easy-to-use solution to the problem of sharing their ISDN connections with the rest of their LAN. Created using Red Hat Linux, SmoothWall GPL originally had two simple functions: control the modem to dial up and hang up, and to route TCP/IP packets from the LAN to the Internet connection, and back again. The LAN was hidden from the public network by NAT, applied using ipchains. ISDN is also short for isosorbide dinitrate Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is a type of circuit switched telephone network system, designed to allow digital (as opposed to analog) transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires, resulting in better quality and higher speeds, than available with analog... Local area network scheme A local area network is a computer network covering a small geographic area, like a home, office, or group of buildings. ... Red Hat Linux was a popular Linux distribution assembled by Red Hat until the early 2000s, when it was discontinued. ... The Internet protocol suite is the set of communications protocols that implement the protocol stack on which the Internet runs. ... In computer networking, the process of network address translation (NAT, also known as network masquerading, native address translation or IP masquerading) involves re-writing the source and/or destination addresses of IP packets as they pass through a router or firewall. ... ipchains is a software based firewall for linux. ...

Beginning with 0.9 in August 2000, the SmoothWall GPL 0.9.x series went through several versions based on the 2.2 Linux kernel, culminating in 0.9.9 SE in December 2001, which was probably the most popular GPL release. Each release led to a number of improvements, including PAT (port forwarding), DMZ, PSTN and ISDN dial-up support, broadband (ADSL and Cable) support. A kernel connects the application software to the hardware of a computer. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Port forwarding. ... In military terms, a demilitarized zone (DMZ) is an area, usually the frontier or boundary between two or more groups, where military activity is not permitted, usually by treaty or other agreement. ... The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the concatenation of the worlds public circuit-switched telephone networks, in much the same way that the Internet is the concatenation of the worlds public IP-based packet-switched networks. ... Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional modem can provide. ... A cable modem is a special type of modem that is designed to modulate a data signal over cable television infrastructure. ...

SmoothWall GPL 1.0 was released in December 2002, including all previously released patches and security fixes, and ended development of the 0.9.x/1.0 series, although it was supported by errata updates for another year and a half.

SmoothWall was amongst the first software appliance firewalls, including Mandrake Single Network Firewall, ClarkConnect, m0n0wall, and IPCop, which was forked from SmoothWall GPL 0.9.9 in late 2001. A software appliance combines a software application and a streamlined version of system software (OS, file system, application server, etc. ... Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrakelinux or Mandrake Linux) is a Linux distribution created by Mandriva (formerly Mandrakesoft). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... m0n0wall is an embedded firewall distribution of FreeBSD, one of the BSD operating system descendants. ... IPCop is a Linux based firewall distribution, which aims to provide a simple-to-manage firewall appliance based on PC hardware. ...

SmoothWall Express 2

Developed from 2002 to 2003, the next major release of SmoothWall was intended to be numbered 1.0, but the large number of changes and improvements led the development team to term it worth a 2.0 version number. The team decided that the name "SmoothWall GPL" wasn't inclusive enough, worrying that newcomers to SmoothWall wouldn't understand the acronym. On 16 September 2003, the name was officially changed to SmoothWall Express^[2] to imply speed of installation, use and operation. // 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Express improved on the functionality of SmoothWall GPL by using the 2.4 Linux kernel, improving the web user interface, and making many changes to existing features and adding several new ones^[3].

After the 2.0 release, development and testing of the software was mainly led by SmoothWall Ltd. staff, with less work being done by outside volunteer contributors.

SmoothWall Express 3

On September 1, 2005, the fifth anniversary of the original SmoothWall firewall, an alpha version of Smoothwall 3.0 was released, code named "Grizzly", followed by "Panda" on December 23, 2005 and "Koala on December 22, 2006. Express 3 uses the 2.6 Linux kernel and a new build system developed internally at SmoothWall Ltd. As Express 3 development has continued, the team has gradually expanded to again include outside volunteers. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (358th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

No firm release date has been set for Express 3.

SmoothWall Limited

In late 2001, Manning and Morrell, with George Lungley, formed SmoothWall Limited as a UK registered private limited company, company number 04298247. The company was formed to take the open source software and commercialise it, by expanding the software to include corporate and enterprise oriented functionality, and to provide dedicated support staff for customers to contact. A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... It has been suggested that software publisher be merged into this article or section. ... A software developer is a person who is concerned with one or more facets of the software development process, a somewhat broader scope of computer programming or a specialty of project managing. ... Unix systems filiation. ... The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... A kernel connects the application software to the hardware of a computer. ... The Linux kernel is a Unix-like operating system kernel. ... The user interface is the part of a system exposed to users. ... The user interface is the aggregate of means by which people (the users) interact with a particular machine, device, computer program or other complex tool (the system). ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... Technical support (also tech support) is a range of services providing assistance with computer hardware, software, or other electronic or mechanical goods. ...

In March, 2003, Morrell left both the open source project and company to pursue other interests^[4]. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Based in Leeds and Southampton, the company has since inception continuously increased its product range and scope from SME to enterprise class products, and today is a mature software vendor with customers worldwide. Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ... Southampton is a city, unitary authority and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... SME may stand for: Small and Medium-sized Enterprise(es), a synonym for Small and Medium-sized Business(es) (SMB) Spontaneous Music Ensemble Subject Matter Expert Structure Mapping Engine — analogy-based AI technology by Ken Forbus based on Dedre Gentners[1] structure-mapping theory [2] Sony Music Entertainment - record...

SmoothWall Server Edition

SmoothWall Server Edition was the first product from SmoothWall Ltd., released on 11 November 2001. It was essentially SmoothWall GPL 0.9.9 with support included from the company. This was — as were virtually all future products — made available to purchase on CD-ROM directly from SmoothWall Ltd. by mail order. November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ...

SmoothWall Corporate Server

Released on 17 December 2001, SmoothWall Corporate Server 1.0 was the first in a long line of separate, closed source releases from SmoothWall Ltd. Forked from SmoothWall GPL 0.9.9SE, Corporate Server included additional features such as SCSI support, and the capability to increase functionality via add-on modules. These modules included SmoothGuard (content filtering proxy), SmoothZone (multiple DMZ) and SmoothTunnel (advanced VPN features). Corporate Server was designed to become the backbone of all future products from the company, with the module functionality permitting customers to select the exact level of functionality they required. December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After Daniel Barron, author of Dansguardian, joined the company in April 2002, a variant of Corporate Server called SmoothWall Corporate Guardian was released, integrating a fork of Dansguardian called SmoothGuardian. SmoothGuardian was also made available as a stand-alone module for Corporate Server customers, replacing the SmoothGuard module.

In 2005, Corporate Firewall v4 became the successor to Corporate Server 3.

SmoothWall Home Server was an aborted attempt to tap into the home and residential market, using the open source platform again as a base but including SmoothGuard, and permitting customers to make email support requests directly from SmoothWall Ltd. Although announced and priced at UKP30^[5], it was never released.

SmoothWall Advanced Firewall

Released on 9 May 2005, SmoothWall Advanced Firewall targetted the enterprise market directly by bundling Corporate Server with all available add-on modules, and adding further functionality, including Active Directory, eDirectory & LDAP authentication and the capability to use up to 20 network interfaces. May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (130th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Advanced Firewall 2 superceded version 1 in November 2006

Corporate Guardian

Corporate Guardian is a full web content filtering and reporting solution based on a fork for DansGuardian. It offers daily updated URL blocklists, as well as full page content analysis for industry leading protection. Guardian also offers full graphical reporting of trends and user activity.

Corporate Guardian is a stand alone web proxy, cache and filtering solution. Guardian is also available as the 'SmoothGuardian' module for SmoothWall commercial firewall products.

School Guardian

School Guardian is a speciallist product aimed at the education market that includes the functionality of Corporate Firewall, SmoothGuardian, together with Active Directory/LDAP support.

SmoothGuard 1000-UTM

In response to the demand for hardware appliance based product, SmoothWall introduced the SmoothGuard 1000-UTM in April 2007. This appliance is the first to market featuring the Intel Core2Duo CPU, backed up by 7 gigabit pors on the PCI Express bus, resulting in a class leading performance for perimiter and content security tasks.

Sales Channels

SmoothWall are a channel focussed organisation, with distribution and VAR partners around the World. The first resellers were announced on 3 December 2001; at time of writing, February, 2007, there were over 200 listed on the SmoothWall website, plus in excess of 200 additional non listed 'base' partners^[6]. A sales team headed by Richard Moore (VP Sales) handle lead generation, account management, and partner liaison duties. December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Awards

• Computer Reseller News, recommended, 2006^[7]
• SC Magazine, Best Buy SME firewall, 2005
• Linux Format, Best Security Tool, 2001^[8]

Press

• Network Computing, Guardian review: [1] (2006)
• Information Week: Build This Cheap But Effective Firewall (2007-01-29)

See also

• Comparison of Linux distributions
• ClarkConnect
• IPCop
• m0n0wall
• Shorewall

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References

1. ^ SmoothWall Product Family. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
2. ^ Beta 6 "Voyager" and a New Name ... (2003-09-16). Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
3. ^ SmoothWall Express 2.0 Release Notes. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
4. ^ Co-Founder of SmoothWall Announces New Venture (2003-03-19). Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
5. ^ Home Server Nearing Release, Screenshots Released (2002-01-09). Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
6. ^ SmoothWall Ltd. Reseller List. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
7. ^ CRN Advanced Firewall Review (2006-01-01). Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
8. ^ SmoothWall Voted Best Security Tool In Linux Format Awards (2002-04-26). Retrieved on 2007-02-25.

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External links

• SmoothWall Limited
• SmoothWall Open Source Project
• SmoothWall Community Forums