Thread: [Fwbuilder-discussion] Announcing Firewall Builder v5 Beta Release
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From: Mike H. <mi...@ne...> - 2011-06-22 16:49:03
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Hi, 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 as well as adding support for new features like attached networks and PF configuration imports. Here's a quick overview of some of the new features that are included in the initial beta version of v5: * User defined system folders. Add your own sub-folders to existing folders like Firewalls, Networks, etc. * Object Keywords. Assign keywords to objects and filter the object tree using those keywords. * Dynamic Groups. Create Dynamic Group objects using the keywords and object type as filters. * Multiple operations per rule. Specify multiple operations, like tag and classify, in a single rule. * Attached Networks. Use new Attached Network object to refer to the networks directly attached to interface. * Improved GUI behavior. Multiple enhancements to make the GUI easier to use. * PF Import. Import pf.conf configuration files into Firewall Builder. More information about these features, including links to updated Users Guide documentation where available, can be found here: http://www.fwbuilder.org/4.0/docs/v5_beta_notes.html You can download a copy of the latest v5 packages here: http://www.fwbuilder.org/nightly_builds/fwbuilder-5.0/current_build/ Firewall Builder v5 is still being actively developed so new builds will be posted frequently, usually every couple of days. Let us know what you think of these new features and please report any issues that you find. Regards, The NetCitadel Team |
From: Ned F. <ne...@ka...> - 2011-06-22 18:10:34
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:48:54 -0700, Mike Horn <mi...@ne...> wrote: >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 as well as adding >support for new features like attached networks and PF configuration >imports. Here's a quick overview of some of the new features that are >included in the initial beta version of v5: This is likely to be esoteric, but have you seen npf for NetBSD? http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2010/09/13/msg000110.html http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?npf.conf++NetBSD-current Sounds interesting to me. -- Ned |
From: Mike H. <mi...@ne...> - 2011-06-22 21:44:46
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On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Ned Fleming <ne...@ka...> wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:48:54 -0700, Mike Horn <mi...@ne...> > wrote: > > >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 as well as adding > >support for new features like attached networks and PF configuration > >imports. Here's a quick overview of some of the new features that are > >included in the initial beta version of v5: > > This is likely to be esoteric, but have you seen npf for NetBSD? > > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2010/09/13/msg000110.html > > http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?npf.conf++NetBSD-current > > Sounds interesting to me. > > I only did a cursory check, but it looks like the config syntax of the NPF npf.conf configuration file is the same as pf.conf, so in theory Firewall Builder should be able to import and generate NPF compatible configs. If someone tests this and runs into an issue let us know. Regards, -mike > -- > > Ned > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with > vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is > safe, > secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? > Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Fwbuilder-discussion mailing list > Fwb...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fwbuilder-discussion > |