Firewall Builder AlternativesFirewalls and other similar apps like Firewall Builder

Firewall Builder is described as 'Is Open Source multi-platform firewall management software that supports Linux iptables, FreeBSD ipfilter and ipfw, OpenBSD pf, CIsco PIX and Cisco IOS Access Lists' and is a Firewall in the network & admin category. There are nine alternatives to Firewall Builder for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Windows, Mac and VirtualBox apps. The best Firewall Builder alternative is Shorewall, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Firewall Builder are DynFi Manager, ConfigServer Firewall, CacheGuard-OS and Advanced Policy Firewall.

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  1. Shorewall icon
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    The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as “Shorewall”, is high-level tool for configuring Netfilter. You describe your firewall/gateway requirements using entries in a set of configuration files. Shorewall reads those configuration files and with the help of the iptables...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Shorewall is the most popular Linux alternative to Firewall Builder.

    • Shorewall is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Firewall Builder.

    • Shorewall is Free and Open SourceFirewall Builder is also Free and Open Source
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    Centralized manager for Open Source firewalls

    Automate certain administrative tasks All your firewalls are accessible in 1 click Auto-connect your firewalls to DynFi Manager pfSense® and OPNsense® compatible manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • DynFi Manager is the most popular Windows, Mac, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Firewall Builder.

    • DynFi Manager is Free Personal and Open SourceFirewall Builder is Free and Open Source
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    A Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall, Login/Intrusion Detection and Security application for Linux servers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. CacheGuard-OS icon
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    All CacheGuard products and services are focused on delivering secured and optimized Web contents to our clients. To achieve that goal we made CacheGuard OS which is our core product. Once installed on a virtual or hardware machine, CacheGuard OS turns it into a powerful Web...

    136 CacheGuard-OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
     
    • CacheGuard-OS is the most popular commercial alternative to Firewall Builder.

    • CacheGuard-OS is Paid and ProprietaryFirewall Builder is Free and Open Source
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    Server-based firewall. Reacts to attacks with intelligent abilities to detect malicious attempts to enter and reacting by blocking the IP temporarily. Repeated hits will ban the IP completely.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    ferm is a tool to maintain complex firewalls, without having the trouble to rewrite the complex rules over and over again. ferm allows the entire firewall rule set to be stored in a separate file, and to be loaded with one command.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. CloudPassage icon
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    CloudPassage offers cloud server security and compliance products purpose-built for elastic cloud environments.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • CloudPassage is the most popular Web-based alternative to Firewall Builder.

    • CloudPassage is Freemium and ProprietaryFirewall Builder is Free and Open Source
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    iptablesbuild is effectively a configuration manager for iptables. It is intended to manage iptables configurations in a centralized location for multiple systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. HeatShield icon
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    HeatShield is a network firewall management service for Linux servers. A firewall configured by HeatShield prevents unauthorized access to services running on your servers, such as SSH and MySQL. Using HeatShield, you can easily restrict access to these services so that only IP...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
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