Greetings!

Torkel Mathisen wrote:
> I need a script that can output my rules, objects and users to
> html-format.
>
> I know of at least 2 such scripts:
> http://www.wyae.de/software/fw1rules/
>
> http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Cupertino/8240/en/
>
> Which one of these are the best?  or is there another one that
> is better?
>
> And does any of these support NG FP2?

Both stem from the FWRULES script by Anonymous / Stefan Moser / Sean
O'Neill and me. The "official" version is fw1rules which underwent a
major internal design rewrite from 6.x -> 7.x in December 2001
(http://www.wyae.de/software/fw1rules/HISTORY.txt)

fwrules641 was forked July 2001 from FWRules V6.1.2 by
Johta Nakatsuma / Stephen Poon - unfortunately the changes never mnade
it back to me. After I discovered the (then a few months old code) I
changed the name to FW1Rules to mark that forking and new codebase. So
beware - there are overlapping versions after 6.1.2 that both run under
the same name FWRULES.


Which is best?  Mine of course...   ;-)

Things fwrules 6.4.1 does better:
        - hyperlinking within the output handles name doubling better
        - firewall objects with interface output
        - Authentication handling

Things FW1Rules 7.3.1 does better:
        - dump of properties/objects/rules etc. into TXT or CSV files
        - dump data into templates (easy to configure, a number of
          predefined available)
        - easier to customize (due to separating reading and output
          routines)
        - dump of unused objects (great for cleaning up)
        - a number of output selection & sorting criteria
        - userDB support (seems to be buggy, though)

Hyperlinkling and interface handling are currently being integrated into
FW1Rules 7.3.then2, so the advantage of fwrules641 is melting to
authentication handling.

As for NG compatibility: FW1Rules is at least partially working and is
being actively developed towards full compatibility.

Beware: I'm developer of FW1Rules, so I am obviously biased...
;-)

Volker Tanger
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