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A free set of shell scripts that helps you generate iptables rules for Linux 2.4.x and newer kernels, designed to run on hosts with one or two network cards.

Firewall Builder is multi-platform object oriented firewall configuration and management tool. It consists of a GUI and set of policy compilers for iptables, ipfilter, pf and Cisco PIX.

A multi-product firewall change management and version control system. Includes overview, features, online downloads, support and resources.

nf-hipac aims to become a drop-in replacement for the iptables packet filtering module. It implements a novel framework for packet classification which uses an advanced algorithm to reduce the number of memory lookups per packet. The module is ideal for environments where large rulesets and/or high bandwidth networks are involved.

Ipchains firewall and masquerading configuration utility for Linux designed to allow a beginner to build a custom firewall with little or no ipchains experience. Includes an overview, features, mailing list, and software download.

Open source security software for dumping firewall configurations and monitoring traffic through them. Software details and downloads.

A Perl script to parse ipchains log entries from the syslog and store them into a MySQL database.

Provides managemtn tools for testing Firewall, IDS and data security policies. Sample downloads are available to qualified individuals.

Contains a collection of useful scripts for the management, rules setting and conversion, and other related topics referencing open source firewall offerings. Included are tools to convert ipchains rulesets into iptables rulesets and ipfwadm to ipchains.

More commonly known as "Shorewall", this is high-level tool for configuring Netfilter. Shorewall can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function gateway/router/server or on a standalone GNU/Linux system. Shorewall can take advantage of Netfilter's connection state tracking capabilities.

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