fwbuilder; man page

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SYNOPSIS
       /usr/bin/fwbuilder [ -f file.xml ]


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

       Firewall Builder consists of a GUI and set of policy compilers for var‐
       ious  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.

       At the moment of this writing Firewall Builder supports firewalls based
       on  iptables (available on Linux, kernel 2.4.x, see fwb_ipt(1)), ipfil‐
       ter (available on a variety of platforms including  *BSD,  Solaris  and
       others,   see  fwb_ipf(1))  and  pf  (available  on  OpenBSD  3.0,  see
       fwb_pf(1))


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


FILES
       $HOME/.qt/firewallbuilder2rc
              fwbuilder 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)
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