Smoothwall video: Smoothwall firewall offers defense in lean times

Smoothwall video: Smoothwall firewall offers defense in lean times

Peter Giannoulis, Contributor
Looking for a free, open source firewall but aren't interested in spending days or weeks learning the ins and outs of Linux or toiling away on a command line prompt? Then Smoothwall may be for you.

In this month's SearchSecurity.com screencast (below), Peter Giannoulis of TheAcademyHome.com and TheAcademyPro.com details why the

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Smoothwall firewall may be a smart choice to protect SMBs or lower-priority assets on the cheap, and demonstrates how to install the tool and perform a basic Smoothwall setup on an Internet-facing device.


This was first published in August 2009

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