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.TH fwbuilder 1 "" FWB "Firewall Builder"
.SH NAME
fwbuilder \- Multiplatform firewall configuration tool
.SH SYNOPSIS

.B /usr/bin/fwbuilder
.RB [-f file.fwb]
.RB [-d]
.RB [-h]
.RB [-o file]
.RB [-p object_name]
.RB [-v]
 

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.B 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.


.SH OPTIONS

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

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

.IP "-h"
Prints brief help message

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

.IP "-p object_name"
Print rules and objects for the firewall object "object_name" and
immediately exit. The program does not go into interactive mode and
does not need X11. 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.


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

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

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

.SH BUGS
Please report bugs using bug tracking system on SourceForge: 

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


.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fwblookup(1),
.BR fwb_ipt(1),
.BR fwb_ipf(1),
.BR fwb_pf(1)

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