smoothwall

stonecarver · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2025 5:23 pm Post subject: smoothwall

As some of you might have noticed my security awarareness has been a high priority lately, let me explain the reason.
Last month my SmoothWall went down, not only was it not allowing internet access but I was blocked from login! Even this wouldn't have upset me, what did was my shortcut and bookmark that always had a SmootWall icon now was replaced with a free BSD icon. Edit: the address was still the same!
I assume I had a unwanted guest.
Now I must stress this that the smoothwall was a 3 to 4 yr old beta of smoothwall and I feel it was my own fault it was not secure.
Well I had already down loaded a beta of the newer smoothy but was waiting for a stabe before I installed. With my smoothy box down I decided to install the new beta. ( SmoothWall Express 3.0-degu-i386)
Wow the new smoothwall is great more tools and traffic graphs. I really should get the stable current release installed.
As an after thought I wish I had pulled the hd out of the smoothy so I would have been able to investigate the intrusion.
On a side note our local isp went down the same day, it seems all accounts were turned off and would not toggle on. I called their tech support to report the internet was down and was told of their problem.
Who knows but it makes me wonder Question

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mazdaracer · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2025 2:18 am Post subject:

stonecarver · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2025 5:04 pm Post subject:

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Stuka · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2025 2:57 am Post subject:

Hmmm...may have to look into that. Installed SmoothWall when our Watchguard went belly up (and outta warranty, EOL'ed, etc.). It's been nice, even with the older software.

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