2001-03-21 06:51:00 +00:00
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Firewall Builder consists of object-oriented GUI and set of policy compilers
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for various firewall platforms. In Firewall Builder, firewall policy is a set
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of rules, each rule consists of abstract objects which represent real network
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objects and services (hosts, routers, firewalls, networks, protocols).
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Firewall Builder helps user maintain database of objects and allows policy
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editing using simple drag-and-drop operations.
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Preferences and objects databases are stored in XML format.
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GUI and policy compilers are completely independent. Support for a new firewall
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platform can be added to GUI without any changes done to the program, although
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new policy compiler must be written. This provides for consistent abstract
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model and the same GUI for different firewall platforms. Currently three most
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popular free firewalls are supported: ipchains, iptables and ipfilter.
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Because of this, Firewall Builder can be used to manage firewalls built on
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variety of platforms including, but not limited to, Linux running ipchains or
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iptables and FreeBSD or Solaris running ipfilter.
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2003-05-21 17:12:04 +00:00
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WWW: http://www.fwbuilder.org/
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