fwbuilder(1)							 Firewall Builder						      fwbuilder(1)

NAME

       fwbuilder - Multiplatform firewall configuration tool

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/fwbuilder [-ffile.fwb] [-d] [-h] [-ofile] [-Pobject_name] [-r] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

       fwbuilder is the Graphic User Interface (GUI) component of Firewall Builder.

       Firewall  Builder  consists  of	a  GUI	and  set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. It helps users maintain a database of
       objects and allows policy editing using simple drag-and-drop operations. GUI generates firewall description in the form of XML file,  which
       compilers  then	interpret and generate platform-specific code. Several algorithms are provided for automated network objects discovery and
       bulk import of data. The GUI and policy compilers are completely independent, this provides for a consistent abstract model  and  the  same
       GUI for different firewall platforms.

       Firewall  Builder  supports  firewalls  based  on  iptables  (Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x, see fwb_ipt(1)), ipfilter (variety of platforms
       including *BSD, Solaris and others, see fwb_ipf(1)), pf (OpenBSD and FreeBSD, see fwb_pf(1)), ipfw (FreeBSD and others),  Cisco	PIX  (v6.x
       and 7.x) and Cisco IOS extended access lists.

OPTIONS

       -f FILE
	      Specify the name of the file to be loaded when program starts.

       -r     When this command line option is given in combination with -f file, the program automatically opens RCS head revision of the file if
	      file is in RCS. If file is not in RCS, this option does nothing and the file is opened as usual.

       -d     Turns on debug mode. Note that in this mode the program generates lots of output on standard error. This is used for debugging.

       -h     Prints brief help message

       -o file
	      Specify the name of the file for the print output, see option "-P".

       -P object_name
	      Print rules and objects for the firewall object "object_name" and immediately exit. The program does not go into	interactive  mode.
	      Print  output  will  be  placed in the file specified with "-o" option.  If file name is not given with option "-o", print output is
	      stored in the file "print.pdf" in the current directory.

FILES

       $HOME/.qt/firewallbuilder2rc
	      Fwbuilder v2.1 stores user preferences in this file.

       $HOME/.config/netcitadel.com/Firewall Builder.conf
	      Fwbuilder v3.0 stores user preferences in this file.

URL

       Firewall Builder home page is located at the following URL: http://www.fwbuilder.org/

BUGS

       Please report bugs using bug tracking system on SourceForge:

       http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5314&atid=105314

SEE ALSO

       fwblookup(1), fwb_ipt(1), fwb_ipf(1), fwb_pf(1)

FWB
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