transfer_secuwall(1)

TRANSFER_SECUWALL(1)

NAME

transfer_secuwall - secunet wall configuration export utility

SYNOPSIS

transfer_secuwall [-l] [-h] [-n] -v volumeid [-f filename.xml] [-d workdir] [-a templatedir] firewall_object_name

The switches -a, -f and -d are optional. If they are not specified, the appropriate defaults are used.

DESCRIPTION

transfer_secuwall(1) is a helper utility to compress and export secunet wall host OS specific firewall configuration to a portable device.

It is also capable of searching and displaying all transfer devices of a system which are suitable for config transfer.

OPTIONS

-l

List all portable devices of the system.

-h

Display help text.

-n

Append firewall object name to transfer tarball. The default is false.

-v

Transfer partition. Specifies the destination partition for firewall configuration export (e.g. /dev/sdc1).

-f

Firewall Builder XML file with object definition of firewall to export config. If not specified, the filename will be constructed from the workdir and firewall_object_name values: workdir + fwobjectname + .fwb

-d

Defines the working directory. If not specified, the current directory will be used.

-a

Append files from given template directory to transfer tarball.

firewall_object_name

Firewall object name.

EXAMPLES

$ transfer_secuwall -f /tmp/cluster.fwb -d /tmp -v /dev/sdc1 fw3

This will export the configuration of secunet wall firewall fw3 to the partition /dev/sdc1, using the Firewall Builder XML file cluster.fwb in the working directory /tmp.

AUTHOR

Written by Reto Buerki <buerki@swiss-it.ch>.

02/12/2010