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The Smoothwall Open Source Project was set up in 2000 to develop and maintain Smoothwall Express - a Free firewall that includes its own security-hardened GNU/Linux operating system and an easy-to-use web interface.

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Smoothwall Express 3.1 Final Released

The Smoothwall Community are pleased to announce the release of the long awaited Smoothwall Express 3.1 Firewall.

Smoothwall Express 3.1 Release Candidate 5 available for testing

Smoothwall Express Community

15 April 2014 - The Smoothwall Express Community released the Smoothwall Express 3.1 Release Candidate #5 Installation CD (iso image) for widespread testing and bug squashing.

Smoothwall Express 3.1 Release Candidate 3 available for testing

Today we have released the Smoothwall Express 3.1 Release Candidate #3 Installation CD (iso image) for widespread testing and bug squashing

Smoothwall Express 3.1 Release Candidate 2 available for testing

Today we have released the Smoothwall Express 3.1 Release Candidate #2 Installation CD (iso image) for widespread testing and bug squashing.

Around 10 issues, found in RC1 are fixed in this latest release.

Smoothwall Express 3.1 Release Candidate 1 available for testing

Today we have released the Smoothwall Express 3.1 Release Candidate #1 Installation CD (iso image) for widespread testing and bug squashing.

Smoothwall Express 3.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3)

Today we have released the Smoothwall Express 3.0 SP3 Installation CD (iso image)

This new CD contains Smoothwall Express 3.0 with updates 1 – 8 pre-installed meaning that new installations may take advantage of the improved driver support, the Ext4 filesystem, larger drive support and RAID array support introduced in Smoothwall Express 3.0 Update 8.

Protect Your Network with an Open-Source Firewall

IT manager, Michael Scalisi puts together an excellent article on the Washington Post discussing Smoothwall Express.

He states "When you need a robust firewall on a non-existent budget, here is an easy solution."

Click here to read the article »