[ale] The Lost Project

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Monday 21 October 2002 05:58 pm, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> 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.

Well, that's something.  I guess I'll find out.

Michael

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