DFWFW (Docker Firewall Framework)

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Tool and Usage

Project details

License
Public domain
Programming language
Perl
Latest release
No release found
Latest release date
Unknown

Project health

64
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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.

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