Firewall Builder consists of an object-oriented GUI and a set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms .
\nFirewall Builder, a firewall policy is a set of rules; each rule consists of abstract objects that represent real network objects and services (hosts, routers, firewalls, networks, protocols). Firewall Builder helps users maintain a database of objects and allows policy editing using simple drag- and-drop operations.<\/p>\n
Preferences and object databases are stored in XML format. The GUI and policy compilers are completely independent. The GUI requires only minimal changes in order to add support for a new firewall platform even though a new policy compiler must be written. This provides for a consistent abstract model and the same GUI for different firewall platforms. Standardized XML data format opens possibility for many user interfaces and policy compiler implementations, all interchangeable.<\/p>\n
We have policy compilers for the popular free firewalls iptables [url=http:\/\/www.iptables.org\/]http:\/\/www.iptables.org\/[\/url] , ipfilter [url=http:\/\/coombs.anu.edu.au\/~avalon\/]http:\/\/coombs.anu.edu.au\/~avalon\/[\/url] , pf [url=http:\/\/www.benzedrine.cx\/pf.html]http:\/\/www.benzedrine.cx\/pf.html[\/url] Because of the modular architecture, Firewall Builder can be used to manage firewalls built on a variety of platforms including, but not limited to, Linux using iptables, ipfilter on FreeBSD or Solaris and pf on OpenBSD.<\/p>\n
The GUI is written using GTK– and does not require any Gnome libraries.<\/p>\n
Firewall Builder currently supports iptables, ipfilter, OpenBSD PF and Cisco PIX.! That’s a good start.<\/p>\n
[url=http:\/\/www.fwbuilder.org\/archives\/cat_downloads.html]FirewallBuilder 2.0[\/url]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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