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 DynFi Manager. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Shorewall or ConfigServer Firewall. Other great apps like Firewall Builder are CacheGuard-OS, ferm, Advanced Policy Firewall and CloudPassage.

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Firewall Builder 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.

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Firewall Builder alternatives page was last updated Feb 3, 2023
  1. DynFi Manager icon
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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.

    6 DynFi Manager alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    DynFi Manager Features

    1.  Centralized Management
    DynFi Manager iconFirewall Builder Icon

    DynFi Manager VS Firewall Builder

    Is DynFi Manager a good alternative to Firewall Builder?
     
    • DynFi Manager is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & SaaS alternative to Firewall Builder.

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

    • DynFi Manager is Free Personal and Open SourceFirewall Builder is Free and Open Source
  2. 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...

    5 Shorewall alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Shorewall Features

    1.  Gateway
    Shorewall iconFirewall Builder Icon

    Shorewall VS Firewall Builder

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  3. ConfigServer Firewall icon
     8 likes

    A Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall, Login/Intrusion Detection and Security application for Linux servers.

    8 ConfigServer Firewall alternatives
    ConfigServer Firewall screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    ConfigServer Firewall iconFirewall Builder Icon

    ConfigServer Firewall VS Firewall Builder

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  4. CacheGuard-OS icon
     4 likes

    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...

    138 CacheGuard-OS alternatives
    CacheGuard-OS screenshot 1

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
    CacheGuard-OS iconFirewall Builder Icon

    CacheGuard-OS VS Firewall Builder

    Is CacheGuard-OS a good alternative to Firewall Builder?
     
    • 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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    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.

    4 ferm alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    ferm Features

    1.  Console-based
    Firewall Builder Icon

    ferm VS Firewall Builder

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  6.  3 likes

    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.

    7 Advanced Policy Firewall alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Advanced Policy Firewall Features

    1.  Command line/bash
    2.  Application Firewall
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  7. CloudPassage icon
     2 likes

    CloudPassage offers cloud server security and compliance products purpose-built for elastic cloud environments.

    4 CloudPassage alternatives
    CloudPassage screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    CloudPassage iconFirewall Builder Icon

    CloudPassage VS Firewall Builder

    Is CloudPassage a good alternative to Firewall Builder?
     
    • 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.

    7 iptablesbuild alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The last update was on October 28th, 2013.

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  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...

    12 HeatShield alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    HeatShield iconFirewall Builder Icon

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