<P> Released in August 2000 , Smoothwall GPL was developed by Lawrence Manning and Richard Morrell to provide a quick and easy - to - use solution to the problem of sharing their ISDN connections with the rest of their LAN . Created using Red Hat Linux , Smoothwall GPL originally had two simple functions : control the modem to dial and hang up , and to route TCP / IP packets from the LAN to the Internet connection , and back again . The LAN was hidden from the public network by NAT , applied using ipchains . </P>
<P> Released in August 2000 , Smoothwall GPL was developed by Lawrence Manning and Richard Morrell to provide a quick and easy - to - use solution to the problem of sharing their ISDN connections with the rest of their LAN . Created using Red Hat Linux , Smoothwall GPL originally had two simple functions : control the modem to dial and hang up , and to route TCP / IP packets from the LAN to the Internet connection , and back again . The LAN was hidden from the public network by NAT , applied using ipchains . </P>
what version of linux is smoothwall based on
what version of linux is smoothwall based on
Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux