[ale] The Lost Project

[Jonathan Rickman]

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:

> On Monday 21 October 2002 04:14 pm, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Denny Chambers wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > 	I came accross a project a while back that was building distros
> > > for specific purpose. Like a DNS server, Samba server, etc... These
> > > were geared to MS admins who did not want to spend hours figuring
> > > how to get these services up and configured on linux. Has any one
> > > heard of this project or one like it.
> >
> > I believe you may be referring to the Netmax line. Run, far far away.
> >
> > http://www.netmax.com if you must.
> >
> > They have since shifted their focus to VPN and Firewall packages.
> > Originally they offered a file server, general purpose "Internet"
> > server, and a firewall. Ironically, their firewall was the worst of
> > the bunch when I evaluated their product line about a year and a half
> > ago.
>
> Have you looked at SmoothWall?  What is you opinion of it?  It looks
> pretty good to my untutored eye.

Fraid not. However, I have heard good things from sources that I'd
consider reputable. Of course, that can be taken with a grain of salt.

--
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net


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