NAME¶
fwb_ipt - Policy compiler for iptables
SYNOPSIS¶
fwb_ipt -f
data_file.xml [-4] [-6] [-V] [-d
wdir] [-i]
[-o
output.fw] [-O
fw1_id,fw1_output.fw[,fw2_id,fw2_output.fw]]
[-v] [-xc] [-xn
N] [-xp
N] [-xt] object_name
DESCRIPTION¶
fwb_ipt is a firewall policy compiler component of Firewall Builder (see
fwbuilder(1)). Compiler reads objects definitions and firewall description
from the data file specified with "-f" option and generates
resultant iptables script. The script is written to the file with the name the
same as the name of the firewall object, plus extension ".fw".
The data file and the name of the firewall objects must be specified on the
command line. Other command line parameters are optional.
OPTIONS¶
- -4
- Generate iptables script for IPv4 part of the policy. If
any rules of the firewall refer to IPv6 addresses, compiler will skip
these rules. Options "-4" and "-6" are exclusive. If
neither option is used, compiler tries to generate both parts of the
script, although generation of the IPv6 part is controlled by the option
"Enable IPv6 support" in the "IPv6" tab of the
firewall object advanced settings dialog. This option is off by default.
- -6
- Generate iptables script for IPv6 part of the policy. If
any rules of the firewall refer to IPv6 addresses, compiler will skip
these rules.
- -f FILE
- Specify the name of the data file to be processed.
- -o output.fw
- Specify output file name
- -O fw1_id,fw1_output.fw[,fw2_id,fw2_output.fw]
- The argument is a comma separated list of firewall object
IDs and corresponding output file names. This option is used by fwbuilder
GUI while compiling firewall clusters.
- -d wdir
- Specify working directory. Compiler creates file with
iptables script in this directory. If this parameter is missing, then
iptables script will be placed in the current working directory.
- -v
- Be verbose: compiler prints diagnostic messages when it
works.
- -V
- Print version number and quit.
- -i
- When this option is present, the last argument on the
command line is supposed to be firewall object ID rather than its name
- -xc
- When output file name is determined automatically (i.e.
flags -o or -O are not present), the file name is composed of the cluster
name and member firewall name rather than just member firewall name. This
is used mostly for testing when the same member firewall object can be a
part of different clusters with different configurations.
- -xt
- This flag makes compiler treat all fatal errors as warnings
and continue processing rules. Generated configuration script most likely
will be incorrect but will include error message as a comment; this flag
is used for testing and debugging.
- -xp N
- Debugging flag: this causes compiler to print detailed
description of the policy rule number "N" as it precesses it,
step by step.
- -xn N
- Debugging flag: this causes compiler to print detailed
description of the NAT rule number "N" as it precesses it, step
by step.
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¶
fwbuilder(1), fwb_ipf(1), fwb_pf(1)