Re: Recommendations on modeler/change manger for PIX & FWSM

[Aaron Smith <smitha () byui edu>]

On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 08:16 -0800, Cary, Kim wrote:
> Been watching the list with interest for about 6 months! Thanks for the good
> discussion.
>
> We have several PIX & FWSM (PIX Blades) our team is managing. We've been
> using PDM (Cisco's Java tool for managing PIX) for distributed
> administration, but we've been getting tired of its shortcomings in
> documenting our rules. Also, we'd like to find something that handles change
> management (reporting, maybe rollback or state snapshots) 

A compilation of different open-source programs and scripts that may
help you:
http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/

> and modeling (if
> traffic from 'here' starts to go 'there' what does the firewall do).
>
> There may not be such a beast (all-in-one) or it may be too expensive, 

Nope--free as a bird.  Sorry I can't help with the modeling.  Good luck!



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@@ron Smith <smitha () byui edu>
Network Operations
Brigham Young University Idaho



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