FirewallBuilder

New Group

Groups contiguous rules together for easier handling. A group of rules can be collapsed in the display so that only the group name appears. This can make it easier to work with rule sets that have many rules. The New Group command opens a dialog that lets you create and name the new group. The currently selected rule is automatically added to the group. Section 7.5.7 provides information on working with rule groups.

Add to the group

This context menu selection appears only if you right-click a rule directly above or below an existing group. If selected, the current rule is added to the indicated group. Section 7.5.7 provides information on working with rule groups.

Remove from the group

The context menu selection appears only if you right-click a rule that is currently in a group. This selection removes the rule from the group. If you remove a rule from the middle of a group, the group splits into two groups, one above and one below the selected rule. Both groups have the same name as the original group. Section 7.5.7 provides information on working with rule groups.

Change Color

This menu item allows you to assign a color to the rule background. Assigning colors is a good way to group rules visually according to function.

Insert Rule

Inserts new rule above the current one.

Add Rule Below

Inserts a new rule below the current one.

Remove Rule

Removes the selected rule from the rule set.

Move Rule Up

Moves the selected rule up by one position. The keyboard shortcut is "Ctrl-PgUp" on Linux and Windows or "Cmd-PgUp" on Macintosh. If you select several consecutive rules and use this menu item, all selected rules move together.

Move Rule Down

Moves current rule down by one position. Keyboard shortcut is "Ctrl-PgDown" on Linux and Windows or "Cmd-PgDown" on Macintosh. If you select several consecutive rules and use this menu item, all selected rules move together.

Copy Rule

Copies the current rule to the clipboard.

Cut Rule

Copies current rule to the clipboard and removes it from the rule set.

Paste Rule Above

Inserts the rule from the clipboard above the current one.

Paste Rule Below

Inserts the rule from the clipboard below the current one.

Disable Rule

Marks the rule as disabled; this makes the policy compiler ignore it.

Compile rule

This menu item compiles the selected rule and shows the result in the editor panel at the bottom of the main window.