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                                                                                                 fwbuilder(1)