pmfirewall - ipchains firewall configuration utility

SYNOPSIS

       pmfirewall [ command ]

DESCRIPTION

       PMFirewall  is  an Ipchains Firewall and Masquerading Con-
       figuration Utility for Linux. It was designed to  allow  a
       beginner  to  build  a  custom  firewall with little or no
       ipchains experience. This firewall should  work  for  most
       Workstations,  Servers and Dual NIC routers using either a
       dialup, DSL, Cable or LAN setup. It is restrictive to out-
       side  attacks  while  still  being  transparent  to  those
       inside.

FEATURES

       Autodetection of the IP Address and Netmask of each inter-
       face.

       Blocking of NetBIOS, NetBUS, Back Orifice, Samba and other
       attacks.

       Protection against IP Spoofing Attacks.

       Logging of DENY packets.

       Manipulation of TOS bits  of  the  packet  for  optomizing
       transfers.  You  must  have CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_TOS enabled in
       your kernel for this to be effective.

       Masquerading support is decided during install.

COMMANDS

       One option must be specified on the command line.

       start
              Enables PMFirewall and Masquerading (if installed).

       stop
              Disables    PMFirewall    and    Masquerading   (if
              installed).

       restart
              Flushes and reloads the rules in PMFirewall.

       masqstart
              Enables IP Masquerading only (no firewall).
              Disables IP Masquerading only (no firewall).

       uninstall
              Completely removes PMFirewall.

       help
              Displays  a  list  of  all  possible  command  line
              options.

FILES

       All   files   related   to   PMFirewall   are  located  in
       /usr/local/pmfirewall unless another location  was  chosen
       during the install.

       pmfirewall
              Main control script.

       pmfirewall.conf
              Holds local interface and system configuration.

       pmfirewall.rules.1
              Standard rule file which should not be edited.

       pmfirewall.rules.local
              Local  rules file where the installer writes custom
              rules chosen at  install  time.  Any  custom  rules
              should be added here.

       pmfirewall.rules.masq
              Holds rules specific to IP masquerading.

       uninstall
              Will completely uninstall PMFirewall.

       README.pmfirewall
              The PMFirewall README document.

       IPCHAINS-HOWTO
              Complete ipchains HOWTO text document.

BUGS

       None are known at this time.

SUPPORT

       The  mailing list will be used for updates, announcements,
       support and general discussions of the  project.  To  sub-
       scribe  to  the pmfirewall mailing list send a message to:
       majordomo@pointman.org with: subscribe pmfirewall  in  the
       advised. Email sent to the mailing  list  will  receive  a
       faster response.

FURTHER INFORMATION

       For further information, please visit the PMFirewall home-
       page: http://www.pointman.org

       The  latest  version  can  be  downloaded  via  ftp  from:
       ftp.pointman.org/pub/pmfirewall

SEE ALSO

       ipchains (8)

AUTHOR

       Rick Johnson <rick@pointman.org>


       PMFIREWALL version 1.1.X            March 2000