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)