SmoothWall Express

Hardware support:

* Any Pentium class CPU and above – with a recommended minimum of 128MB RAM
* 64bit build for Core 2 systems

Firewalling:

* Supports LAN, DMZ, and Wireless networks, plus Extrnal.
* External connectivity via: Static Ethernet, DHCP Ethernet, PPPoE, PPPoA using various USB and PCI DSL modems.
* Portforwards, DMZ pin-holes
* Outbound filtering
* Timed access
* Simple to use Quality-of-Service (QoS)
* Traffic stats, including per interface and per IP totals for weeks and months
* IDS via automatically updated Snort rules
* UPnP support
* List of bad IP addresses to block

Proxies:

* Web proxy for accelerated browsing
* POP3 email proxy with Anti-Virus
* IM proxy with realtime log viewing

UI:

* Responsive web interface using AJAX techniques to provide realtime information
* Realtime traffic graphs
* All rules have an optional Comment field for ease of use
* Log viewers for all major sub-systems and firewall activity

Maintenance:

* Backup config
* Easy single-click application of all pending updates
* Shutdown and Reboot from UI

Other:

* Time service for network
* Develop SmoothWall yourself using the self-hosting “Devel” builds.