fwb_pix(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, listen up — this is fwb_pix, the policy compiler for Cisco PIX. yes. that's the whole name section. and yes, the original NAME line literally says fwb_ipt in it, we are simply reporting the facts as they were written, no cap. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fwb_pix -fdata_file.xml [-V] [-dwdir] [-i] [-v] [-xc] [-xt] object_name

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so fwb_pix is the firewall policy compiler component of Firewall Builder (go read fwbuilder(1) for the tea on that one, iykyk). what it does is iconic honestly: it reads your object definitions and your firewall description out of the data file you hand it with the -f option, and then it generates the resultant Cisco PIX configuration file. that config gets written to a file whose name is the same as the name of the firewall object, plus the extension .fw. periodt. 💅

now, the data file and the name of the firewall object must be specified on the command line. everything else? optional. lowkey generous of it. 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -f FILE — tell it the name of the data file to be processed. this is the one you literally cannot skip.
• -d wdir — set the working directory. the compiler creates the file with the PIX configuration inside this directory. if you don't pass this, the PIX configuration just chills in the current working directory instead. 🏠
• -v — be verbose: the compiler prints diagnostic messages while it works. it's giving "tell me everything bestie". 📢
• -V — print the version number and quit. short and sweet, we love a quick exit. ✨
• -i — when this option is present, the last argument on the command line is supposed to be the firewall object ID rather than its name. mind the swap, bestie, it matters. 🙈
• -xc — when the output file name is determined automatically (i.e. the flags -o or -O are not present), the file name is composed of the cluster name and the member firewall name rather than just the member firewall name. this is used mostly for testing, when the same member firewall object can be a part of different clusters with different configurations. 🌈
• -xt — this flag makes the compiler treat all fatal errors as warnings and continue processing rules. heads up: the generated configuration script most likely will be incorrect, but it will include the error message as a comment. this flag is used for testing and debugging. 💀

🔥 URL 🔥

the Firewall Builder home page is located at the following URL:

http://www.fwbuilder.org/

🦋 BUGS 🦋

please report bugs using the bug tracking system on SourceForge:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5314&atid=105314

not me asking you to file a bug report, but like, actually do it if you find one. the tracker is right there. 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• fwbuilder(1)
• fwb_ipf(1)
• fwb_ipt(1)
• fwb_pf(1)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌟 this lil masterpiece came from FWB, and it's filed under fwb_pix(1) — go forth and compile your PIX configs, you absolute main character. mwah. 💖💅🎀