I am currently running IPCop with the CopFilter addon.
I know IPCOP is based off of SmoothWall but does anyone know if one is better than the other?
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I am currently running IPCop with the CopFilter addon.
I know IPCOP is based off of SmoothWall but does anyone know if one is better than the other?
I am no expert, but IPCop is a GPL product and Smothwall has turned towards being a commercial product.
So, if you want it free then IPCop would seem to be the choice as it has its own development and support.
I believe that there is a GPL version of Smoothwall, but I don't think it is being developed and I would expect them to concentrate more on their commercial product?
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I was under the impression it was the other way around...Quote:
I know IPCOP is based off of SmoothWall but does anyone know if one is better than the other?
This is a bit old, but it does give the history:
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1556
It broke away from Smoothwall when they went commercial.
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Oops, I stand corrected.
I've used both. Can't say which is best, though I opted for IP Cop most recently. I learned a lot from running Smoothwall though.
what kind of stuff did you learn in smoothwall? I run a hardware firewall mostly for learning purposes, so I would like to know what you learned from it.Quote:
Originally posted here by brokencrow
Oops, I stand corrected.
I've used both. Can't say which is best, though I opted for IP Cop most recently. I learned a lot from running Smoothwall though.
Thanks for the replies fellas!
Reading logs and doing whois's. I think Smoothwall keeps better logs. I gotta admit I was surprised at all them "furriners" who came a-knockin' on my door, especially from the North China Railroad. ;)
yeah tell me about it. I can't even count how manys times I been "hit" with MS-SQL attacks.
nihil,
Hello my old friend! Hope everything is ok (is your tom still bossing you around?) :p
On the freeware version of smoothwall, they do still support and update it...kind of. They use the freeware version as a beta testbed to test new features and improvements to be incorporated in the retail version.
As far as I can tell, the only plus to using smoothwall over IPCop is the support that smoothwall offers, and as a prior smoothwall user, I can tell you the support is pretty good (or at least my experience with them was, may not be indicitave of their support program as a whole.)
Cheers!