Firewall Builder Cookbook

This section includes a collection of “recipes” or more or less complete examples that demonstrate how Firewall Builder can be used to build firewall policy for certain network configurations.

• Recommended "Getting Started" guides
• Using built-in policy installer(updated)
• Using built-in Revision Control in Firewall Builder (new)
• Using Firewall Object in Firewall Builder (new)
• Using Addressable Object Types in Firewall Builder (new)
• Using IP Service Object in Firewall Builder (new)
• Using TCP and UDP Service Objects in Firewall Builder (new)
• Using ICMP and ICMP6 Service Objects in Firewall Builder (new)
• Using Custom Service Object in Firewall Builder (new)
• Using Advanced Object Types in Firewall Builder (new)
• Using Built-in Policy Importer in Firewall Builder (new)
• Slideshows:
  • Tutorial: Getting Started with Firewall Builder 3.0(new)
  • How to change IP addresses in the firewall configuration created from template.(new)
  • Firewall Builder 3.0: How to create IPv6 policy
  • Firewall Builder 3.0: working with multiple data files.
  • Firewall Builder 3.0: Using branching rules to block ssh scan attacks.
  • Firewall Builder 3.0: Using the same rule set as target in multiple branching rules..
  • Firewall Builder 3.0: Changing size of the icons used in rules
  • Firewall Builder 3.0: Working with groups of rules
  • Firewall Builder 3.0: Built-in help pages for the "advanced" settings dialogs for firewall platforms iptables and PF.
  • Firewall Builder 2.1 and 3.0: Building simple complete policy for Linksys/Sveasoft firewall
• Examples of Individual Rules
  • Access control
  • Examples of Source Address Translation NAT Rules
  • Examples of Destination Address Translation NAT Rules
  • Configuring Firewall to Play Online Games
• Troubleshooting
• HOWTOs
• Useful Tricks
• Setting up dedicated firewall and management workstation machines
• Setting up bridging firewall with Linux Ethernet Bridge and Firewall Builder

• Examples of rules for transparent proxy(new addition)
  • Rules for transparent proxies from "Transparent Proxy with Linux and Squid mini-HOWTO"
  • More examples for transparent proxy for iptables.
  • Transparent proxy rules for PF from OpenBSD Packet Filter (pf).
• Rules for iptables module IPP2P from this module documentation(new addition)
• Rules for PF and spamd(new addition)
• Rules to block brute force attacks with PF(new addition)
• Blocking IP address of any country(new addition)
• Documents contributed by our users