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Smoothwall: History, Companies & Products

Smoothwall (formerly styled as SmoothWall) is a Linux distribution designed to be used as an open source firewall. Smoothwall is configured via a web-based GUI and requires little or no knowledge of Linux to install or use.

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Smoothwall topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Smoothwall.

Related topics
40
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
45
Extracted relationships
62
Related term clusters
15
Bridge connections
45

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Smoothwall Limited · 20 topics
Smoothwall Express · 12 topics
Overview · 5 topics
History · 2 topics
Awards · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Default user interface
Web user interface
Kernel type
Linux 2.6.16.53 (stable) / 3.4 (unstable)
Latest preview
3.1 RC5
License
Various
Official website
smoothwall.org
OS family
Linux (Unix-like)

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Overview

History

Smoothwall Express

Smoothwall Limited

Awards

For the semantics nerds

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Smoothwall connects Entity context

The extracted context around Smoothwall shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Smoothwall → Board, Director, Douglas Hanley, Gavin Logan, Georg, Georg Ell, Group CEO, Lisa Stone, Manprit Randhawan, May, Smoothwall Express, Smoothwall GPL, Smoothwall's, Tenzing, Tesla, V3, Western Europe Another extracted example is Smoothwall → August, Created, Internet, ISDN, LAN, Lawrence Manning, NAT, Red Hat Linux, Released, Richard Morrell, Smoothwall Express, Smoothwall GPL, Smoothwall Ltd, Smoothwall Open Source Project, TCP/IP, The LAN. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Smoothwall

Top relations

related to history · 17
Smoothwall → Board, Director, Douglas Hanley, Gavin Logan, Georg, Georg Ell, Group CEO, Lisa Stone, Manprit Randhawan, May, Smoothwall Express, Smoothwall GPL, Smoothwall's, Tenzing, Tesla, V3, Western Europe
related to Smoothwall Express · 16
Smoothwall → August, Created, Internet, ISDN, LAN, Lawrence Manning, NAT, Red Hat Linux, Released, Richard Morrell, Smoothwall Express, Smoothwall GPL, Smoothwall Ltd, Smoothwall Open Source Project, TCP/IP, The LAN
related to Smoothwall Limited · 10
Smoothwall → Charlotte, George Lungley, Manning, Morrell, North Carolina, Now, Smoothwall Limited, UK-registered, USA, Yarfort
related to Past Products · 9
Smoothwall → CD-ROM, Initially, January, November, SmoothGuard, Smoothwall GPL, Smoothwall Home Server, Smoothwall Ltd, Smoothwall Server Edition
Default user interface · 1
Smoothwall → Web user interface
Kernel type · 1
Smoothwall → Linux 2.6.16.53 (stable) / 3.4 (unstable)
Latest preview · 1
Smoothwall → 3.1 RC5
License · 1
Smoothwall → Various
Official website · 1
Smoothwall → smoothwall.org
OS family · 1
Smoothwall → Linux (Unix-like)

Important terminology

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Important terminology

source corporate released open linux server company gpl support firewall 2001 software security version ltd functionality guardian based filtering express

Smoothwall relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 62 structured relationships around Smoothwall. Examples in this analysis include Smoothwall → Default user interface → Web user interface and Smoothwall → Kernel type → Linux 2.6.16.53 (stable) / 3.4 (unstable). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SmoothwallDefault user interfaceWeb user interface1.00infobox
SmoothwallKernel typeLinux 2.6.16.53 (stable) / 3.4 (unstable)1.00infobox
SmoothwallLatest preview3.1 RC51.00infobox
SmoothwallLicenseVarious1.00infobox
SmoothwallOfficial websitesmoothwall.org1.00infobox
SmoothwallOS familyLinux (Unix-like)1.00infobox
SmoothwallSource modelOpen source1.00infobox
SmoothwallWorking stateCurrent1.00infobox
SCSI supportinstance ofCorporate Server included additional features0.80text
and the capability to increase functionality via add-on modulesinstance ofCorporate Server included additional features0.80text
Smoothwallrelated to historySmoothwall GPL0.60section
Smoothwallrelated to historySmoothwall Express0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Smoothwall bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Gpl, Source and Released. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Smoothwall
    • Gpl
    • Source
    • Released
    • Server
    • Ltd
    • Company
    • Express
    • Corporate
    • Security
    • Firewall
    • Announced
    • Limited
  • smoothwall
    • Gpl
    • Source
    • Released
    • Server
    • Ltd
    • Company
    • Express
    • Corporate
    • Security
    • Firewall
    • Announced
    • Limited
  • open source
    • Source
    • Express
    • Software
    • Ltd
    • Web
    • Customers
    • Smoothwall
    • Version
    • Support
    • Company
    • Gpl
    • Awards
  • private limited company
    • Awards
    • Based
    • Software
    • Company
    • Private
    • Source
    • Announced
    • Customers
    • Limited
    • Management
    • Web
    • Functionality
  • smoothwall express
    • Awards
    • Limited
    • Open
    • Gpl
    • Source
    • Software
    • Version
    • Released
    • Server
    • Ltd
    • Company
    • Web
  • smoothwall limited
    • Awards
    • Software
    • Gpl
    • Source
    • Released
    • Server
    • Private
    • Web
    • Ltd
    • Company
    • Network
    • Products
  • firewall
    • Corporate
    • Use
    • Network
    • Guardian
    • Server
    • Smoothwall
    • Released
    • Awards
    • Limited
    • Express
    • Features
    • Modules
  • linux distribution
    • Gpl
    • Smoothwall
    • Open
    • Source
    • Awards
    • Designed
    • Lan
    • Limited
    • Use
    • Web
    • Based
    • Express

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Smoothwall, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Smoothwall with Smoothwall Limited. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Smoothwall — Smoothwall Limited · splits 25 ⟂ 21
Smoothwall — Smoothwall Express · splits 33 ⟂ 13
Smoothwall — Overview · splits 40 ⟂ 6
Smoothwall — History · splits 43 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Smoothwall

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples62
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Smoothwall to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Smoothwall · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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