Topic: SME & Clark Connect

[Palani]

I been using Clark Connect ( http://www.clarkconnect.org/ ) for about 6 months. It's a lot like SME. I really like the web interface and it has some nice features. A friend of mine told me about E-Smith just a few days ago and I been toying with it. I find that SME has a bit more features to it. And I still got a lot to learn. Anyhow, has anybody here used or tried Clark Connect? If so, what are your thoughts? Just curious here.

Thanks
Palani

[Andrew Rosenau]

i have used Clarkconnect in the past. I think clarkconnect is works great for your basic website/firewall. I've just started using E-smith and really like it. I think it has many more features than clarkconnect, and much more potential.
Just my thoughts on the subject.

[Palani]

I feel the same way. Thanks for your reply.

Palani

[Gary]

I am about to shift over to Clark Connect 1.2 from SME 5.5.  I've found the templating system to be a bit too fiddly for my liking, though I can see the benefit of it.  I've noticed that the web interface is much nicer and faster than SME.  The printer configuration uses CUPS, which I got working in a relatively short time (never got the SME printer config working).  It has an intrusion detection page which is a nice addition.  And with the addition of webmin, I see myself using the command line a lot less.  Not to mention the 2.4 kernel and use of IP tables.  That said, SME has been a brilliant addition to this environment (serving 40 users e-mail and file sharing), replacing an NT server which caused many headaches in the past.  Time will tell which platform is superior.

[Palani]

If ClarkConnect had SME's features and vise versa, both of these would be excellent products. I will agree that ClarkConnect web interface is much faster. I don't have any printers on my server, therefor I can't comment on that feature. I wish SME's web interface was as nice looking as ClarkConnect. (I don't care for the frame idea) An instrusion detection page built-in SME would be nice. IP tables would be a plus. I really like using WebMin in ClarkConnect. I haven't done the templating system thingy in SME yet....

[Palani]

If ClarkConnect had SME's features and vise versa, both of these would be excellent products. I will agree that ClarkConnect web interface is much faster. I don't have any printers on my server, therefor I can't comment on that feature. I wish SME's web interface was as nice looking as ClarkConnect. (I don't care for the frame idea) An instrusion detection page built-in SME would be nice. IP tables would be a plus. I really like using WebMin in ClarkConnect. I haven't done the templating system thingy in SME yet.... I like the I-bay idea in SME. Haven't done much with them yet though.

[Michael Soulier]

FYI, SME Server 5.6 runs a 2.4 kernel, ext3 journalling filesystems, and uses iptables for the firewall. I would also point out that the web interface is undergoing constant improvement in all aspects.

Stay tuned.