Re: [Fwbuilder-discussion] FWCloud.net, an alternative to Firewall Builder.
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From: Randy <ra...@az...> - 2020-01-06 07:33:31
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Has anybody tried this out yet? Cheers, *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 30/06/2019 at 8:19 PM SOLTECSIS - Carles Xavier Munyoz Baldó wrote: >This encoded message has been converted to an attachment. > >Good morning, My name is Carles Munyoz and I would like to contact with >the members of this mailing list because we have developed a firewall >management tool called FWCloud (https://fwcloud.net) that has >functionality similar to that of Firewall Builder, but that solve many of >it's deficiencies and does many more things. I'm goint to explain the >history of FWCloud and then I will explain the reasons for which we will >like contact you. We have lot of experience with Linux based Firewalls >and we have used Firewall Builder for lot of years, but there came a time >when we found lot of problems wit it like these ones: (*) Firewall Builder >is a desktop tool and this is a great inconvenient because we have to >build a desktop with VNC or something similar to use it remotely. (*) >Basically it only manages firewall Policy, but we needed more things like >PKI and VPN management and integration with the firewall policy, QoS, >routing, load balancing, HA setup, etc. (*) Firewall Builder is a >discontinued project, there is no update since 2013. (*) Etc. Because of >these reasons, we decided to create a new tool for managing Linux-based >firewalls using the latest technologies, accessible using a web interface >and featuring our most needed functionalities, as VPN connection >management, QoS, routing and more. This way, FWCloud was born. FWCloud is >a web application that allows centralized and secure management of >IPTables-based firewalls. It's a cloud application, which is essential to >allow it to be used from anywhere, anytime and with any device. We have >used last generation technologies like Angular for the front-end and >Node.js for the backend. FWCloud is an OpenSource project under the GNU >Affero General Public License v3. We have just released the code a few >days ago and we are very proud of it! Please, visit the website projecte >for full details: https://fwcloud.net You can download a virtual machine >in OVA format with a full installation and test it in a few minutes. And >... why want we contact you? For several reasons ... One of this is that >we are searching for developers that help us to add new features to the >project and make it a better tool. Our objective is that FWCloud becames >the standard for Linux based firewalls management, and we need to improve >it as much as possible for it. Another reason is help to publicize the >project. Firewall Builder, even though it is a discontinued project, has >still lot of downloads. It would be of great help if the members of this >list use FWCloud, report bugs, plublicite it, request new features, etc. >Anything that helps in making FWCloud a better tool for firewalls >administrators. And that is all. Sorry me for the long e-mail but I think >that it would be great if you are interested in my proposals and in >colaborating for make FWCloud a better product. Thank you very much for >your time. Best regards. -- > ========================= =============== SOLTECSIS SOLUCIONES >TECNOLOGICAS, S.L. Carles Xavier Munyoz Baldó Departamento de >I+D+I Tel./Fax: 966 446 >046 cm...@so... www.soltecsis.com ========================= =============== --- La información contenida en este e-mail es confidencial, siendo para uso exclusivo del destinatario arriba mencionado. Le informamos que está totalmente prohibida cualquier utilización, divulgación, distribución y/o reproducción de esta comunicación sin autorización expresa en virtud de la legislación vigente. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos nos lo notifique inmediatamente por la misma vÃa y proceda a su eliminación. --- _______________________________________________ Fwbuilder-discussion mailing list Fwb...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fwbuilder-discussion |