DFWFW (Docker Firewall Framework)
Tool and Usage
Project details
- License
- Public domain
- Programming language
- Perl
- Latest release
- No release found
- Latest release date
- Unknown
Project health
Links
 | DFWFW GitHub project |
How it works
DFWFW uses event stream of the local Docker daemon. Any changes to the containers are received almost real-time, so the firewall rules can be adjusted where needed. The tool has a primary focus on the firewall rules of the primary network bridge. However, it does support injecting firewall rules for other network namespaces as well.
Background information
The license of this project is unclear. It states "The software is free for any purposes, but no responsibility."
Usage and audience
DFWFW is commonly used for firewall management. 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
- + The source code of this software is available
Weaknesses
- - Full name of author is unknown
Installation
Supported operating systems
DFWFW is known to work on Linux.
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Categories
This tool is categorized as a firewall management tool.