Articles by mikehorn

  • Importing iptables Configurations Into Firewall Builder

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    Importing iptables Configurations Into Firewall Builder Firewall Builder is a firewall configuration and management GUI that supports configuring a wide range of firewalls from a single application. Supported firewalls include Linux iptables, BSD pf, Cisco ASA/PIX, Cisco router access lists and many more. Import of existing iptables configurations was greatly improved in the recently released Firewall Builder V4.2. Features like object de-duplication and expanded rules recognition make it even easier to get started using Firewall Builder to manage your iptables configurations.

  • Using Firewall Builder To Configure Cisco ASA & PIX

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    Using Firewall Builder To Configure Cisco ASA & PIX Firewall Builder is a firewall configuration and management GUI that supports configuring a wide range of firewalls from a single application. Supported firewalls include Linux iptables, BSD pf, Cisco ASA/PIX, Cisco router access lists and many more. This tutorial is the second in a series of articles that walk through the basic steps of using Firewall Builder to configure each of the supported firewall platforms. In this tutorial we will configure Access Control Lists (ACL) on a Cisco ASA firewall.

  • Configuring Source And Destination NAT With Firewall Builder

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    Configuring Source And Destination NAT With Firewall Builder Firewall Builder is a firewall configuration and management GUI that supports configuring a wide range of firewalls from a single application. Supported firewalls include Linux iptables, BSD pf, Cisco ASA/PIX, Cisco router access lists and many more. In this tutorial we are going to cover how to use Firewall Builder to configure a NAT rule that translates both the source and destination IP addresses of the original packet. This type of NAT configuration can be useful in a variety of network configurations.

  • Managing A Single Firewall Policy For Multiple Servers Using Firewall Builder

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    Managing A Single Firewall Policy For Multiple Servers Using Firewall Builder In this tutorial we are going to cover how to use Firewall Builder clusters to manage a single firewall policy that gets deployed on multiple servers. An example of where you could use this would be managing a shared firewall policy for a collection of web servers that are all providing the same service and should have the same rules.

  • Using Firewall Builder To Configure Router Access Lists

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    Using Firewall Builder To Configure Router Access Lists Firewall Builder is a firewall configuration and management GUI that supports configuring a wide range of firewalls from a single application. Supported firewalls include Linux iptables, BSD pf, Cisco ASA/PIX, Cisco router access lists and many more. This tutorial is the first in a series of howtos that will walk through the basic steps of using Firewall Builder to configure each of the supported firewall platforms. In this tutorial we will configure Access Control Lists (ACL) on a Cisco router.