What external services does SmoothWall GPL 1.0 provide?
None. SmoothWall GPL is a security appliance. It is not a “server” as such. It is designed to be a stand-alone device to help secure your network against external attack. Although your SmoothWall GPL device may *look* like a regular computer, think of it as a single-task appliance. As part of a multi-faceted network security policy, it can be a great help against loss or corruption of data and/or illegal access to your network. Having a firewall protecting your network is a good start. However a firewall is not, by any stretch of the imagination, the be-all and end-all of network security. Along with good antivirus software that is regularly updated on a daily (or at least weekly) basis, religious devotion to applying security patches to servers connected directly to the Internet, careful attention to security patches applied to computer systems behind the firewall, and a number of other practices including keeping staff clued up on email-borne malicious software, a firewall can assist
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