SmoothWall Express 3

 On 1 September 2005, the fifth anniversary of the original SmoothWall firewall, an alpha version of Smoothwall 3.0 was released, code named "Grizzly", followed by "Panda" on December 23, 2005 and "Koala" on December 22, 2006. Express 3 uses the 2.6 Linux kernel and a new build system developed internally at SmoothWall Ltd. As Express 3 development has continued, the team has gradually expanded to include outside volunteers again. A further beta release, named "Degu", increased driver support and added a new look GUI.

The first stable release of Express 3, dubbed "Polar" was released August 22, 2007.

In August 2008 SmoothWall Express 3 won an award for the 2008 Best of Open Source Software Awards (BOSSIES) in the open source security category. The selections were made by the InfoWorld Test Center to recognise the best free and open source software for business, IT professionals, and IT staff.

Releases

* 22 August 2007 - SmoothWall Express 3.0

* 8 January 2009 - SmoothWall Express 3.0 SP1