Clock

Calender

July 2009
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31

Support Firefox

Firefox 3.5

Login

Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.

Navigation

Forum Threads

Latest Articles

Member Poll

Should IPCop users switch to IPFire due to the slow evolution pace of IPCop?











You must login to vote.

World Visitors

World Visitors by Country

Map IP Address

IP


free counters

Credits

Thanks to KraKarjaK for our new Logo!

Virus Radar



Paessler PRTG


Database Monitoring

Welcome


Welcome to SoftGil's Firewall Forums.

This is meant to be the gathering point of support and discussion for some firewall distributions.

At the present time we focus our support in IPCop, SmoothWall Express, Endian Firewall Community, m0n0wall and pfSense distributions only. Plans for other distributions will come in due time, should this community grow the way we expect and wish for. Soon we will address issues related with IPFire distribution too.

Thank you for dropping by and for your valuable support. Also, please make sure you read and fully understand our Code of Conduct.

Latest Active Forum Threads

  Thread Views Replies Last Post
IPFire v2.5 Core 28 Released
Other Firewall News and Announcements
39 1 rowie
07/02/2009 - 06:53
Blue Network don´t have acc...
IPCop Installation
70 1 SoftGil
05/21/2009 - 13:52
my ipcop's proxy graphs doe...
IPCop General Discussion
119 0 channara
04/24/2009 - 09:31
Got message error from ipco...
IPCop General Discussion
119 0 channara
04/23/2009 - 17:12
New Install IPCOP v1.4.20
IPCop Installation
271 0 dickovich
04/21/2009 - 16:18
Tackling the CCIE
Chit-Chat
147 0 GOLONKA41
03/20/2009 - 11:45
pfSense BSD Firewall v1.2.2...
pfSense News and Announcements
245 0 SoftGil
01/10/2009 - 12:42
SmoothWall Express v3.0 "Po...
SmoothWall News and Announcements
219 0 SoftGil
01/08/2009 - 16:22
Forum Software Updated to v...
News and Announcements
218 0 SoftGil
01/03/2009 - 19:51
Freezing problem of network
SmoothWall General Discussion
238 1 SoftGil
12/16/2008 - 09:40

News

Mozilla Firefox v3.5 Released Today!
SoftwareMozilla Firefox v3.5 Released Today!



The award-winning, free Web browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence - Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups. Enjoy improvements to performance, ease of use and privacy. It's easy to import your favorites and settings and get started. Download Firefox now and get the most out of the Web.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - June 30, 2009 - Firefox 3.5 provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors, and stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safer Internet experience for our users. We recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest version.

Firefox 3.5 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the past year. Firefox 3.5 offers many changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies, improving performance and ease of use, and adding new features for users.



What's new in Firefox 3.5 and Release Notes here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5/releasenotes/
· SoftGil on July 01, 2009 - 00:14:49 · Read More · 0 Comments · 2 Reads · Print
IPFire v2.5 Core 28 Released
IPFireIPFire is a source-based Linux firewall distribution that brings additional features with it. The easy-to-set-up system defeats its competitors like IPCop, Smoothwall and Endian-Firewall potty. A stateful-inspection-firewall with a luxuriant content-filtering-engine plus traffic-control (QoS) rounded with latest vpn-technology and a lot of logging is foolproof to administer with just a very few clicks.

So you can get anything out of IPFire you can imagine. Without any add-ons installed it is an ultra-fast firewall but can also be a full-featured home server. It's up to you what you want. Check it out...

After the first release of august 2005 the project relaunched an extremely flexible, stable and fast firewall, which was finally finished.

IPFire is new-developed firewall build with the latest releases of Linux 2.6 and tools. You are able to install a lot of add-ons and you will see a firewall can become a home server.

One of the highlight of this security accessories are the extensions to make a real home server out of it. You are able to install additional add-ons to the system with only a few mouse clicks. There are for example:

  • A fast fileserver for networks with Microsoft Windows
  • A local mailserver with virus scanning and spam detection
  • A multimedia-jukebox
  • A mp3- and ogg-streaming server
  • An Intrusion Prevention System plus Guardian
  • Voice over ip-solution with asterisk pbx
· SoftGil on June 21, 2009 - 21:04:04
Read More · 0 Comments · 30 Reads · Print
IPCop test versions IPCop v2 (v1.9.5) released for testing.
IPCop

IPCop v1.9.5 is a pre-pre-release for *TESTING* only.

Use this version for testing only, *DO NOT* use this in a productive environment.

There will be no updates to later versions and there will be no support.

· SoftGil on May 21, 2009 - 13:30:00
Read More · 0 Comments · 45 Reads · Print
Linux Kernel 2.6.29 Released - A New Milestone!!!
SoftwareLinus Torvalds has released Linux 2.6.29.

The new features include the inclusion of kernel graphics modesetting, WiMAX and AP wifi support, inclusion of squashfs and a preliminary version of btrfs, a more scalable version of RCU, ecryptfs filename encryption, ext4 no journal mode, support for filesystem freeze and other improvements.
· SoftGil on March 24, 2009 - 13:23:16
Read More · 0 Comments · 49 Reads · Print
Microsoft Announces Availability of Internet Explorer 8.
Windows

New browser focuses on top customer needs, including security, ease of use and performance.


REDMOND, Wash. — March 18, 2009 — Today Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of Windows Internet Explorer 8, the new Web browser that offers the best solution for how people use the Web today. It can be downloaded in 25 languages at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 starting at noon EDT on March 19. Internet Explorer 8 is easier to use, faster and offers leading-edge security features in direct response to people’s increasing concerns about online safety. A new study commissioned by Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Alliance and conducted by Harris Interactive Inc. shows that 91 percent of adults in the U.S. are concerned about online threats in the current economic climate, and 78 percent are more likely to choose a Web browser with built-in security than they were two years ago.

 

“Customers have made clear what they want in a Web browser — safety, speed and greater ease of use,” said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. “With Internet Explorer 8, we are delivering a browser that gets people to the information they need, fast, and provides protection that no other browser can match.”

 

In response to extensive customer research and input from tens of millions of customer sessions, Microsoft developed Internet Explorer 8 to focus on what matters most to people. The security enhancements offer protection against existing and emerging security threats online. It blocks two to four times more malware attacks than other browsers; cuts down on the time it takes to complete common tasks on the Web such as searching, mapping and sharing, including navigating 15 of the 20 top worldwide sites; and blurs the lines between the services they use daily and the browser used to access the Internet.

 

 

· SoftGil on March 19, 2009 - 16:32:36
Read More · 0 Comments · 49 Reads · Print
Happy 20th birthday to the World Wide Web!
Network
Twenty years ago today, on March 13, 1989, sparked the revolution of one of the greatest inventions of a life time, that being the World Wide Web. The purposed idea was to help connect people together using the World Wide Web using the once popular ViolaWWW web browser, which was eventually replaced by Mosaic web browser back in 1993.

· SoftGil on March 13, 2009 - 21:56:12
Read More · 0 Comments · 51 Reads · Print
Western Digital: Huge 8 TB capacity.
Hardware

Western Digital: Huge 8 TB capacity, media streaming and performance enhancement added to WD® Sharespace Network Storage systems for small offices and digital media enthusiasts.


LAS VEGAS - (PMA BOOTH NO. R260) — Mar. 3, 2009 - WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today announced that WD ShareSpace™ network storage systems now offer 8 TB (terabytes) of capacity, up to 30 percent faster transfer speeds, and DLNA1 media streaming capabilities. Combined with its ease-of-use and small footprint, WD ShareSpace is now a more compelling solution for small offices and digital media enthusiasts who want to store, protect and share massive amounts of content.
· SoftGil on March 07, 2009 - 22:07:20
Read More · 0 Comments · 62 Reads · Print
Debian 'Lenny' Due for Release on Valentine's.
SoftwareWhat a lovely holiday to release the latest and greatest creation brought to us by yours truly, Debian. February 14th marks Debian GNU/Linux 5.0's supposed release into the wilds of the world, nearly two years after 'etch,' lenny's predecessor. The date is set nearly in stone unless something very serious goes wrong in the final days of development or if one of the needed servers for download kicks the bucket at the wrong moment. Read on for the scoop on the most prominent of features.

Security has been strengthened in this upcoming release, introducing features that forestall possible vulnerabilities. The Debian installer, for example, applies security updates before booting, several critical security packages have been built with GCC to toughen them up, and the overall system contains less open ports and less setuid root binaries.

 

· SoftGil on February 14, 2009 - 09:43:37
Read More · 0 Comments · 67 Reads · Print
IBM working on 20 petaflops supercomputer.
HardwareThe U.S. Department of Energy has commissioned IBM to build a new supercomputer that is able to run at up to 20 petaflops, or about 20,000 trillion calculations per second. According to Reuters this is equivalent to 2 million laptops.

The new machine, named Sequoia, is the successor to the Energy Department's current IBM supercomputer Roadrunner, located at their Los Alamos National Laboratory. Roadrunner is currently the world's fastest supercomputer with a speed of about 1.026 petaflops.
· SoftGil on February 07, 2009 - 19:07:34
Read More · 0 Comments · 74 Reads · Print
Linux founder Linus Torvalds talks about open-source identity.
Software

January 22, 2009 (Computerworld Australia) Linus Torvalds is a regular visitor to Australia in January. He comes out for some sunshine and to attend the annual linux.conf.au organised by Linux Australia. He took some time out to speak to Rodney Gedda about a host of topics including point releases, filesystems and what it is like switching to GNOME. He also puts Windows 7 in perspective.

 

It's 2009 and Linux development is approaching 20 years. How do you look back at the past two decades?

 

I feel like its very natural and I don't think it will go away. I have a suspicion I will be doing this for a long time and there is no feeling of "it is done".

· SoftGil on January 24, 2009 - 23:21:47
Read More · 0 Comments · 76 Reads · Print
Seagate firmware update bricks 500GB HDDs.
HardwareJust days since Seagate released a firmware update for a range of hard drives, which were hit by firmware bugs, Tom's Hardware reports that things don't look much brighter for hard drive giant Seagate. This time the problem is with the SD1A firmware update, for the 500GB hard drives in the 7200.11 series, which many unhappy customers have said completely bricks the hard drive.

The problem lies in the firmware update, which causes the drive to freeze up. As far as un-bricking the devices goes, there has been little success. Some have claimed that downgrading the firmware has fixed the problems, for the moment. Others have had no luck as of yet, and are awaiting a response from Seagate, who have taken the faulty firmware offline.
· SoftGil on January 22, 2009 - 14:43:18
Read More · 0 Comments · 95 Reads · Print
Render time: 0.03 seconds
280,237 unique visits