FWCHECK_PSAD(8)

💖 FWCHECK_PSAD 💖

okay bestie, quick vibe check: this is fwcheck_psad, a system manager's manual page (section 8, we love a sysadmin moment 👑). it's the little helper that goes snooping through your firewall rules to make sure stuff is actually getting logged and blocked like it's supposed to. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

fwcheck_psad — look for iptables rules that log and block unwanted packets.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fwcheck_psad [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically, fwcheck_psad parses the iptables ruleset on the underlying system to see if iptables has been configured to log and block unwanted packets by default. it's giving detective energy 🔍.

this program is called by psad, but lowkey you can also just run it yourself manually from the command line. she's independent like that 💅.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --config — specify path to the psad configuration file. by default this is /etc/psad/psad.conf.
• --fw-file — lets you analyze a specific rulset from a file rather than the local policy.
• --fw-analyze — analyze the local iptables ruleset and exit. in and out, no small talk 🫶.
• --no-fw-search-all — look for specific log prefix defined through the FW_MSG_SEARCH variable(s) in the configuration file.
• --Lib-dir — specify path to psad lib directory.
• --help — display the help message. bestie behavior honestly 😭.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

iptables(8), psad(8)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Michael Rash <mbr@cipherdyne.org>

💀 BUGS 💀

send bug reports to mbr@cipherdyne.org. suggestions and/or comments are always welcome as well. they're literally asking for your thoughts, don't be shy 🌸.

👑 DISTRIBUTION 👑

psad is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), and the latest version may be downloaded from: http://www.cipherdyne.org/

and that's the whole page, periodt ✨ this lil slice of Debian GNU/Linux magic dates back to Aug, 2008, and yes, the original page footer was signed FWCHECK_PSAD(8) — iconic, no notes 💖🎀