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SmoothWall was first released to the world in July 2000. It was designed to produce a hardened internet firewall device, turning a server, workstation or reduntant PC into a replacement for a hardware firewall router often costing several thousands of dollars.
Express 3.0 is the latest version of the SmoothWall Express firewall.
Headline new features: supports a 4th network card for Wireless Access Points; 64-bit support; based upon Linux 2.6 kernel; new realtime traffic graph shows traffic bandwidth usage over time (AJAX); per-IP address traffic statistics collection in all traffic stats pages; Instant Messenger proxy with logging and filtering abilities; SATA and SCSI support; streamlined installer and setup; outbound filtering; new update mechanism which can download and install all pending updates with a single click....
SmoothWall was designed from the ground up with specific aims.
to be easy to manage via a web browser
to support and compliment existing ISDN cards, Modems and network hardware seamlessly and support a vast array of connection methods and ISPs in over 40 countries
able to be installed by everyone from a home user to an IT technician
to offer support for webservers and servers having to live securely in a de-militarised zone
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