Topic: How Secure is SME's Firewall ?

[colwyn]

How secure is SME's firewall feature ??  Currently my SME server is behind another firewall box running Smoothwall. SME and Smoothwall both seem to use IPtables.. Am I just duplicating efforts by having the other Smoothwall box ? Besides the obvious "its better to have a seperate firewall" answer, I would like to have less boxes running......':roll:'
Rolling Eyes

P.S I work in this industry supporting NT servers and have always run them at the house too. Since finding SME Server I dumped my NT server... SME Rocks..Told my friends about it too !!! This OS could take a bite out of M$...

[guest22]

Practice proves that the SME Server is safe enough to use as a server-gateway for many years.

[maier]

i had the smoothwall, and mailserver on a Xp machine (just the setup at the time), but after switching to SME, i dont find the smoothwall necessairy any more.. (even though dob. protection, and NAT, allways is more secure)

[RavenIV]

every firewall is as secure as the admin.
if you do not open any ports, the SME firewall will fit all requirements.

cheers