360-FAAR

LSE toolsLSE tools360-FAAR (328)360-FAAR (328)

Tool and Usage

Project details

License
GPLv3
Programming language
Perl
Author
Dan Martin
Latest release
0.6.3
Latest release date

Project health

63
This score is calculated by different factors, like project age, last release date, etc.

Why this tool?

360-FAAR is a tool written in Perl to parse policies and logs from firewalls. It can compare firewall policies and translate between a policy and log data. Supported firewalls include Checkpoint FW1, Cisco ASA, and Netscreen ScreenOS.

How it works

360-FAAR may help with auditing firewalls and optimize firewall rules.

Background information

The project page on SourceForge shows a description and features of the project. The description includes a lot of jargon, making it harder to understand what problem it tries to solve.

Usage and audience

360-FAAR is commonly used for firewall auditing, log analysis, security assessment, or security reviews. Target users for this tool are security professionals and system administrators.

Tool review and remarks

The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:

Strengths

  • + Project is mature (5+ years)
  • + The source code of this software is available

Author and Maintainers

360-FAAR is under development by Dan Martin.

Installation

Supported operating systems

360-FAAR is known to work on FreeBSD, Linux, Microsoft Windows, and macOS.

360-FAAR alternatives

Similar tools to 360-FAAR:

56

0trace.py

The 0trace.py utility is a rewrite of 0trace (by another author) to perform reconnaissance and bypass network firewalls.

56

FireAway

FireAway is a security tool to test the security of a firewall by trying to bypass its rules. It will use different methods to hide data or avoid detection by the firewall itself. This tool can be used for both defensive as offensive security.

60

opensvp

Opensvp is a security tool to test firewall software. It uses protocol level attacks to determine if the firewall is vulnerable to a type of attack.

All 360-FAAR alternatives

This tool page was updated at . Found an improvement? Help the community by submitting an update.

Related tool information

Categories

This tool is categorized as a firewall testing tool and security log analysis tool.