Software update: SmoothWall 2.0 beta 2

The latest version of the firewall has been released on the SmoothWall website, beta 2 of version 2.0. For those who are not yet familiar with SmoothWall, we find the following on the about page:

SmoothWall was designed from the ground up with specific aims.

1. to be easy to manage via a web browser
2. to support and compliment existing ISDN cards, Modems and network hardware seamlessly and support a vast array of connection methods and ISPs in over 40 countries
3. able to be installed by everyone from a home user to an IT technician
4. to offer support for webservers and servers having to live securely in a de-militarized zone
5. to take this product and shove it under the noses of the security vendors charging huge amounts of money for providing lesser product.

[break]Here’s what the SmoothWall website says about this new version:[/break]It’s beta time again… SmoothWall GPL 2.0 beta2, codenamed “bullet”, is now available!

Specifications include: 2.4.19 kernel (as of beta0), new user interface, ext3 filesystem, iptables, increased support for USB ADSL devices, including Thomson/Alcatel Speedtouch, US Robotics SureConnect and Fujitsu/Westell (ECI chipset devices).[break]convinced? Then you can here download the ISO of SmoothWall.