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{{Short description|Firewall software}}
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[[File:FreeBSD 10 vi RC Firewall.png|thumb|[[FreeBSD]] "/etc/rc.firewall" [[shell script]] for configuring ipfw]]
[[File:Sharing Firewall PrefPane.png|thumb|[[Mac OS X]]'s ipfirewall tab in the Sharing Preferences Pane]]

'''ipfirewall''' or '''ipfw''' is a [[FreeBSD]] [[Internet Protocol|IP]], [[stateful firewall]],<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html
| title=Chapter 30. Firewalls: IPFW
| work=FreeBSD Handbook
| access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> [[Firewall (computing)#Packet filter|packet filter]] and traffic accounting facility. Its ruleset logic is similar to many other packet filters except [[IPFilter]]. ipfw is authored and maintained by FreeBSD volunteer staff members. Its syntax enables use of sophisticated filtering capabilities and thus enables users to satisfy advanced requirements. It can either be used as a [[loadable kernel module]] or incorporated into the [[Kernel (operating system)|kernel]]; use as a loadable kernel module where possible is highly recommended{{reference_needed|date=May 2018}}. ipfw was the built-in firewall of [[Mac OS X]]<ref>ipfw is the only firewall software in [[Mac OS X v10.4]] and below. [[Mac OS X v10.5]] used both an [[application firewall]] and ipfw.</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201642
| title=OS X: About the application firewall
| date=2016-03-23
| access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> until Mac OS X 10.7 Lion in 2011 when it was replaced with the OpenBSD project's [[PF_(firewall)|PF]].  Like FreeBSD, ipfw is [[Open-source license|open source]]. It is used in many FreeBSD-based firewall products, including [[m0n0wall]] and [[FreeNAS]].
A port of an early version of ipfw was used since [[Linux kernel|Linux]] 1.1 as the first implementation of firewall available for Linux, until it was replaced by [[ipchains]].<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/x-087-2-firewall.original.html
| title=Original IP Firewall (2.0 Kernels)
}}</ref>
A modern [[Porting|port]] of ipfw and the ''dummynet'' traffic shaper is available for Linux (including a prebuilt package for [[OpenWrt]]) and [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/dummynet/
| title=The dummynet project
| author=Luigi Rizzo
| date=2015-08-31
| access-date=2019-01-31
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831020324/http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/dummynet/
| archive-date=2013-08-31
| url-status=dead
}}</ref> '''wipfw''' is a Windows port of an old (2001) version of ipfw.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://wipfw.sourceforge.net/
| title=Welcome to the WIPFW website!
| date=2011-08-16
| access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>

==Alternative user interfaces for ipfw==
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|-
! style="width: 12em" |Software
! Developer
! First public release
! Latest stable version
! Cost ([[United States dollar|USD]])
! [[Open-source license|Open source]]
! [[Software license|License]]
! [[User interface]]
! [[Computing platform|Platform(s)]]
|-
! Firewalk X
| Pliris
| {{dunno}}
| 2.3.7
| {{nonfree}} ([[US$]]&nbsp;34.99)
| {{no}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] / [[Shareware]]
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
| [[Mac OS X v10.2]], [[Mac OS X v10.3]] ([[PowerPC]])
|-
! Flying Buttress (known as BrickHouse prior to v1.4)
| Brian Hill
| March 23, 2001
| 1.4 (2005-12-31)
| {{nonfree}} ([[US$]]&nbsp;25.00)
| {{no}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] / [[Shareware]]
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
| [[Mac OS X v10.0]], [[Mac OS X v10.1]], [[Mac OS X v10.2]], [[Mac OS X v10.3]], [[Mac OS X v10.4]] ([[PowerPC]])
|-
! Impasse
| Glucose Development Corporation
| Q2 2002
| 1.3
| {{nonfree}} ([[US$]]&nbsp;10.00)
| {{no}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] / [[Shareware]]
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
| [[Mac OS X v10.1]], [[Mac OS X v10.2]] ([[PowerPC]])
|-
! [[Norton Personal Firewall|Norton Personal Firewall for Macintosh]]
| [[Gen Digital|Symantec]]
| 2005
| 3.0.3
| {{nonfree}} ([[US$]]&nbsp;49.95)
| {{no}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]<br />(Symantec Software License Agreement)<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/about/media/06.25.04CPD.GLBL.EULA.NIS_NAV_NPF_NGB_NAS2005.pdf
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509054504/http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/about/media/06.25.04CPD.GLBL.EULA.NIS_NAV_NPF_NGB_NAS2005.pdf
| url-status=dead
| archive-date=May 9, 2008
| title=SYMANTEC SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
| date=2004-06-25
| publisher=[[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]]
| access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url=https://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/about/media/08.23.05cpd.glbl.eula_nis_nav_npf_2006.pdf
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514232746/http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/about/media/08.23.05cpd.glbl.eula_nis_nav_npf_2006.pdf
| url-status=dead
| archive-date=May 14, 2008
| title=SYMANTEC SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
| date=2005-08-23
| publisher=Symantec
| access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
| [[Mac OS X v10.1|Mac OS X v10.1.5]], [[Mac OS X v10.2]], [[Mac OS X v10.3]], [[Mac OS X v10.4|Mac OS X v10.4.11]] ([[PowerPC]])<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.symantec.com/norton/macintosh/personal-firewall
| title=Norton Personal Firewall 3.0 for Macintosh, Mac OS® X version 10.1.5 to 10.4.11
| date=2008
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225024311/http://www.symantec.com/norton/macintosh/personal-firewall
| archive-date=2008-12-25
| url-status=dead
| access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
|-
! Qtfw
| Ryzhyk Eugeney
| August 23, 2001
| 0.5 (2002-09-20)
| {{Free}}
| {{yes}}
| [[BSD licenses|BSD]]
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
| [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] and [[POSIX#POSIX-oriented operating systems|POSIX]] operating systems with the [[Qt (toolkit)|Qt toolkit]]. Ported to Windows for wipfw.
|-
! sunShield Pro
| sunProtecting Factory
| {{dunno}}
| 2.0.3 'L' (2007-11-09)
| {{nonfree}} ([[US$]]&nbsp;29.95)
| {{no}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] / [[Shareware]]
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
| [[Mac OS X v10.4]], [[Mac OS X v10.5]] ([[universal binary]])
|-
! WaterRoof
| Hany El Imam
| 2007
| 3.7
| {{Free}}
| {{yes}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] / [[Donationware]]
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
| [[Mac OS X v10.4]], [[Mac OS X v10.8]] ([[universal binary]])
|-
! YpFw
| Claudio Favi, [[Swinburne University of Technology#Research institutes and centres|CAIA]]
| 2004
| {{dunno}}
| {{Free}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Text mode]]
| [[FreeBSD]] v3.4 or higher with [[Python (programming language)|Python]] v2.2 or higher
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
*[[netfilter]]/[[iptables]], a Linux-based descendant of [[ipchains]]
*[[NPF (firewall)|NPF]], a NetBSD packet filter
*[[PF (firewall)|PF]], another widely deployed BSD firewall solution

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html ipfw section] of the FreeBSD Handbook.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130831020324/http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/dummynet/ The dummynet project] - including versions for Linux, OpenWrt and Windows
* [http://wipfw.sourceforge.net/ wipfw] Windows port of an old (2001) version of ipfw

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