PCX Firewall is an iptables firewalling solution that uses Perl to generate static shell scripts based upon the user's configuration settings. This allows the firewall to startup quickly, as it does not have to parse config files every time it starts.
| Tags | Networking Firewalls |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL Perl |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | Perl Unix Shell |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This release fixes the bug where the loopback rules were being QUEUED via the ESTABLISHED,RELATED rule, and so snort-inline boxes would not allow loopback traffic.


Release Notes: This release adds support for Debian Sarge and Red Hat FC[1-3] as "official" distributions for which you can generate init scripts.


Release Notes: All known bugs have been fixed. Support has been added for Debian Sarge and Red Hat FC[1-3] as "official" distributions to work with when generating init scripts. The ability has been added to just install the generated firewall script into /etc/init.d or /etc/pcx-firewall without starting it.


Release Notes: Update to cover the 2.2 config file version. All uses of disabled="false" in the paths, network entries, etc. are now active="true". An XSLT conversion script has been created to convert the version 2.1 config files to version 2.2.


Release Notes: Updated changes needed for the Firewall Frontend 1.6 release. A minor bug in the generated shell script has been fixed.
Recent comments
29 Oct 2001 21:56
pcx_firewall translation pt BR!
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