Small Business Security

Easier Than You Might Think

Samuel Gordon-Stewart

About Me

My IT history

My work

Common Perception Of Security

Expensive

Mysterious

SmoothWall

SmoothWall

SmoothWall is a network firewall Linux distro

Proxy Server

DHCP Server

More....

SmoothWall

Two varieties

SmoothWall Express (GPL)

SmoothWall Corporate Server (Proprietary)

Similar to Red Hat model

SmoothWall

Green/Orange/Red

Image courtesy of SmoothWall user AwPhuch http://awphuch2000.dyndns.org

SmoothWall

Green/Red

Image courtesy of SmoothWall user AwPhuch http://awphuch2000.dyndns.org

SmoothWall

Support

Small Business Network Example

ADSL Internet Connection

6 PCs

One Printer

OS Supported File Sharing

One Switch

Small Business Network Example

Why Use SmoothWall?

Price

Functionality

Adaptability

Centralisation

No specialist staff required

Small Business Network Example

Other Options

Windows ICS

SOHO Router

Cisco Router

Proprieatary Gateway Device

Small Business Network Example

Installing SmoothWall

Network Diagram

SmoothWall's Web Interface

Unsecure http://ip.address.of.smoothwall:81

Secure https://ip.address.of.smoothwall:441

Adding More Features

Community mods (modifications)

No guarantees

Beware of potential security implications

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Monitoring traffic

Traffic shaping

Intrusion prevention

DansGuardian

Automatic Updates

Windows systray app that checks the internet connection.

Adding More Features

http://martybugs.net/smoothwall/

Image © Martin Pot 2004, used with permission.

Adding More Features

SmoothWall Corporate Server

Has guarantees!!

More Network Security

Because security doesn't stop at the firewall

Only use required privileges

Anti-malware

Securing Windows

Firefox

Thunderbird

File sharing

Floppy disks

Common sense security

Move to Linux!!!

Guaranteed Support

SmoothWall Corporate Server

More powerful out of the box

Modular

Global reseller & support network

Powerful software that is easy to use

Summary

Security isn't difficult

SmoothWall simplifies it

The firewall isn't the end of the story

Questions?

SmoothWall Express www.smoothwall.org

SmoothWall Ltd www.smoothwall.net

Excellent resource for SmoothWall http://martybugs.net

My Blog http://smoothwallsamuel.blogspot.com

Yes I Am Insane

Samuel Gordon-Stewart

2005-04-18T23:47:36