“In a much awaited move, MandrakeSoft today outlines
its Linux Security stategy aimed at individual, small office home
office (SoHo) and small and medium enterprise (SME) users, and
announces the availability of the ‘Single Network Firewall’. In
line with its continuing commitment to open source, all
MandrakeSecurity products are being developed and made available
for free download via the Internet under the General Public
License.…Similar to earlier releases, version 8.0 of the MandrakeLinux
distribution,alleviates some of these user concerns, by
incorporating the fruits of the ‘Bastille’ project, a set of
scripts to help secure the computer on which MandrakeLinux runs, as
well as basic firewall functionality. However, to fully address
Linux user concerns and to further encourage small and medium
businesses to opt for Linux, the ‘Single Network Firewall’, the
first in the new series of MandrakeSecurity products developed by
the Company’s growing community of users and contributors, is an
innovative stand-alone appliance that runs on a dedicated computer,
and combines ease-of-use and configuration via a secured and
functional Web interface. The Single Network Firewall caters for an
unlimited number of shared Internet connections. As well as making
it available for free download, discussions are ongoing to market
the product via leading OEM manufaturers.”