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Sometimes you just have to ask...
I was recently exchanging emails with a customer who had just purchased a V4.1 Firewall Builder license. He didn't like the behavior where the GUI showed the interface name in the object tree and...
View ArticleUsing Firewall Builder to manage Xen firewall
One of our users recently wanted to use Firewall Builder to manage the firewall in dom0 to control traffic to the virtual servers and control access to dom0. After a bit of testing he wrote up a short...
View ArticleFirewall Builder V4.2 Beta Release Now Available
We are happy to share that we are getting ready to officially release Firewall Builder V4.2 in the next couple of weeks. This release includes enhancements for all supported platforms with a particular...
View ArticleLinux Journal - Configuring Linux HA firewall pairs
The May 2011 issue of the Linux Journal magazine, which is now available in print edition, includes an article I wrote about how to use Firewall Builder to configure a High Availability pair of Linux...
View ArticleNice article on linux.com about Firewall Builder
Jack Wallen has a great post that is a mini how-to for Firewall Builder over on linux.com.http://bit.ly/eVZwjM
View ArticleFirewall Builder V4.2 Released!
NetCitadel is happy to announce the release of Firewall Builder V4.2. There are a lot of exciting new features in V4.2, here's a quick sampling:Import of Cisco ASA/PIX/FWSM configurations. It's now...
View ArticleFirewall Builder Webinar
We will be hosting a tutorial webinar next Thursday (May 5) at 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT.The first part of the webinar will be a general overview of Firewall Builder and key concepts and the second part...
View ArticleSee what commands Firewall Builder is going to generate
Have you ever wanted to check in real-time what commands will be generated by Firewall Builder when you compile a rule?This short video shows how easy it is to use the rule compile feature to display...
View ArticleAvoiding locking yourself out of your firewall
Most people who manage firewalls have locked themselves out of the firewall after pushing new rules at least once. I'll be the first to admit that it has happened to me on more than one...
View ArticleFirewall Builder v4.2.1 released
We are happy to announce new version of Firewall Builder. V4.2.1 is a minor bug-fix release:fixes a bug discovered in the built-in policy installer batch mode. This should help users who run fwbuilder...
View ArticleNetwork World Blog Post
There was a post about NetCitadel and Firewall Builder on the Network World open source blog today. You can check it out here:Network World - Open Source Subnet
View ArticleWhy didn't Sony use firewalls?
There has been a lot of press lately about the Sony Play Station Network breach. One of the facts that came out is that apparently Sony was not using network firewalls to protect the servers that PSN...
View ArticleLinux.com article
Another great article by Jack Wallen on Linux.com about using Firewall Builder to configure Linux iptables firewalls.Using Firewall Builder on Linux to Create Firewalls from Scratch
View ArticleLatest Linux.com article
In this week's Linux.com article Jack Wallen gets into the details about Firewall Builder object types and how to create advanced options like group objects and address tables.Using Firewall Builder...
View ArticleNew Video Quick Tip - Object & Service Groups
Check out the latest Firewall Builder Video Quick Tip. This one covers how to use object and service groups to simplify your firewall rules.Video Quick Tip - Object & Service Groups
View ArticleNew HowtoForge article
Check out our latest article on HowtoForge that walks through the steps of importing an iptables configuration using the newly enhanced import feature in V4.2.Importing iptables configuration into...
View ArticleManaging rules - New article on Linux.com
Jack Wallen's latest article on Linux.com is about how to manage rules on Firewall Builder. He covers both the basics and some advanced features like rule groups and rule colors that help users...
View ArticleFinal article in Linux.com series
Jack Wallen's latest article about configuring firewall settings in Firewall Builder is up on Linux.com.Using Firewall Builder Settings to Manage FirewallsThis wraps up a nice four part series that...
View ArticleArticle 6
We are happy to announce that the first version of Firewall Builder v5 is now ready for beta testing. Overall the theme of v5 is to help make it easier to organize and manage large numbers of objects...
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Firewall Builder 5 - User Defined Folders
If your Firewall Builder configuration includes lots of objects then you will probably like user defined subfolders. This feature was added in v5, which is currently in beta, and lets users create...
View ArticleFirewall Builder 5 - Attached Networks
Firewall Builder 5 includes a new feature called Attached Network objects. These new objects are child objects of firewall interface objects and act like a group object that automatically includes all...
View ArticleLinux Journal - Firewall Builder for HA Clusters
An article I wrote for the May 2011 issue of the Linux Journal is now available in the free online LJ content. The article gives detailed step-by-step instructions for implementing High Availability...
View ArticleFirewall Builder 5 - Officially Released
The team at NetCitadel is happy to share that today we released our latest version called Firewall Builder 5. This release includes several enhancements to the GUI and adds a number of new features...
View ArticleSecurity by Default
The team over at Security by Default wrote up a nice blog post about Firewall Builder recently. Here's a link to the original article which is in Spanish:http://bit.ly/qRboMd (Spanish)And, if like me...
View ArticleFree Software Magazine - Firewall Builder Article
There is a great article by Marco Marongiu over on the Free Software Magazine site today. In the article Marco talks about how he uses Firewall Builder to keep his policies consistent across multiple...
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