fwbuilder libfwbuilder firewall builder
fwbuilder 4 solaris
general info
fwbuilder is a gui, to manage solaris firewall ipfilter
plattform: sparc and x86
os: solaris 10
version: 2.0.10 build-657 or higher
prerequisite: libqt, 3.3
package-filelist: prototype.txt
vendor: www.fwbuilder.org (does not exist anymore)
remark: the necessary libfwbuilder is included in this package
solaris port by: hans mayer
related links:
sun-sysadmin: ip security / ip filter (pdf) read carefully
ip filter at anu ( does not exist anymore )
blastwave ( does not exist anymore )
fwbuilder solaris - a strong combination
installation notes for fwbuilder
download the file for example to /var/tmp
become user root and change to /var/tmp
bunzip2 the downloaded file ( bzip2 is part of package SUNWbzip )
tar -xvf filename.tar ( this will create a directory named "fwbuilder" )
pkgadd -d . ( pkgadd is part of package SUNWpkgcmdsu )
solaris fwbuilder - a good choice
deinstallation of fwbuilder under solaris
pkgrm fwbuilder
project-files, you created with fwbuilder, are not effected.
running fwbuilder in solaris environment
maybe, the environment must be changed.
the following variables can be effected. ( syntax for ksh )
export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH MANPATH
# expand $PATH if necessary
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
# if you want to read man-pages for fwbuilder, this may be necessary
MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/share/man
don't forget to update your windex database: catman -w
setup and configure the runtime linking environment correctly
to start the gui key in: fwbuilder &
to activate the created firewall rule-set with the gui, you have to write a small script
have a good time,
hans
created: 11/2005
fwbuilder libfwbuilder firewall builder
date of last modification: 1/2006 4/2006 6/2008 8/2008 11/2008 1/2010 4/2011 12/2011 6/2024
