Lee Marzke on 17 Aug 2009 21:39:09 -0700 |
cjohnson19791979@gmail.com wrote: > Does anyone use smoothwall? (shrugs) > > > Smoothwall is a firewall 'appliance' that uses a dedicated computer ( or VM ) After the popularity of the recent Virtualization round-table at Plug North, perhaps the topic of Linux security appliances would be of interest. Most of these appliances run Linux, but the user interface is a Web GUI that requires little or no Linux knowledge. Is there interest in a Security appliance round-table ? I don't use Smoothwall, but Endian Community security appliance which is not only a 4 zone firewall, but intrusion protection, OpenVPN server, DHCP and DNS server, DansGuardian Filter, and other things. ( Open-source, with optional paid support and/or hardware ) I have also been experimenting with Vyatta open-source router ( it is also a firewall, DNS and DHCP server ) This is more appropriate for large corporate deployments as it supports BGP, and unlimited firewall zones. ( Open Source, with optional paid support and/or hardware ) Yes you can do this with just Linux, but there are some business cases where the client/user needs to have GUI and/or paid support and some form of appliance solution is really needed. Lee > > > This message was sent from my Treo® wireless handheld device. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elizabeth Krumbach <lyz@princessleia.com> > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 10:29 PM > To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> > Subject: [PLUG] Speakers needed for upcoming meetings, all chapters > > Hey folks, > > Our schedule for the next few months is a quite bare for all our chapters: > > http://www.phillylinux.org/meetings.html > > Are there any interesting projects you're working on that you'd be > interested in presenting on? > > Any suggestions for another lightning talk meeting (several short > presentations on a topic) that you'd be able to contribute to? > > OK... even any talks you'd like to see? Maybe someone on list will > pipe up and offer to present on it :) > > Thanks! > > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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