NAME

       filtergen - packet filter compiler

SYNOPSIS

       filtergen  [  -h  |  --help  ] [ -V | --version ] [ -c | --compile ] [ -t target | --target=target ] [ -o
       outfile | --output=outfile ] infile

       filtergen [ -h | --help ] [ -V | --version ] [ -c | --compile ] [ -t target  |  --target=target  ]  [  -o
       outfile | --output=outfile ] [ -F policy | --flush=policy ]

DESCRIPTION

       filtergen compiles a high-level filtering description language into a variety of target formats.

USAGE

       filtergen reads the ruleset from the infile specified on the command line (or standard input if infile is
       "-") and outputs to standard output (or outfile) via an optionally specified backend.

       Both short and GNU-style long option options are accepted:

       -c, --compile
              Only try to "compile" the input, and do not generate any output.  This may be useful to check that
              an input file has no syntax errors in it before one attempts to use the result on a live server.

       -t target-filter, --target=target-filter
              If specified, target-filter will be used to select an output filter type, otherwise the default of
              iptables will be used.  Supported backends are iptables, ip6tables,  iptables-restore,  ip6tables-
              restore, ipchains, ipfilter and cisco (for Cisco IOS access-lists).

       -F policy, --flush=policy
              Flush  mode.   Generate  a set of rules for clearing all rules from the packet filter.  Useful for
              firewall scripts that need to `shutdown' the firewall.  You can supply a policy argument in  place
              of  the usual filename, to specify whether the flushed filter should default to accept, reject, or
              drop.  It defaults to accept, equivalent to having no filter loaded at all.  It is  not  necessary
              to specify an infile when using flush mode.

       -o outfile, --output=outfile
              Write output to outfile instead of standard output.

       -h, --help
              Show command help.

       -V, --version
              Show program version.

BUGS

       Not all backends implement all features.

       The packet filter is not optimised.

SEE ALSO

       fgadm(8), filter_syntax(5), filter_backends(7)

AUTHOR

       filtergen  was originally written by Matthew Kirkwood.  Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@spacepants.org> then rewrote
       a lot of the internals, added some features, and took on maintenance of the project.

                                                 January 7, 2004                                    FILTERGEN(8)