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| 1 | 5 | NuFW Admin | h1. NuFW, identity based filtering for Netfilter |
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| 3 | 5 | NuFW Admin | h2. About NuFW |
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| 5 | 5 | NuFW Admin | NuFW adds user-based filtering to Netfilter, the state of the art IP filtering layer from the Linux kernel. Its exclusive algorithm allows authenticated filtering even on multiuser computers. NuFW can be seen as an Identity access management solution, at the network level. |
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| 7 | 5 | NuFW Admin | h3. NuFW Capabilities |
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| 9 | 5 | NuFW Admin | NuFW can : |
| 10 | 5 | NuFW Admin | * Authenticate any connection that goes through your gateway or only from/to a chosen subset or a specific protocol. |
| 11 | 5 | NuFW Admin | * Perform accounting, routing and quality of service based on users and not simply on IP addresses. |
| 12 | 5 | NuFW Admin | * Filter packets with criteria such as application and OS used by distant users. |
| 13 | 5 | NuFW Admin | * Log all traffic in SQL with username and application information |
| 14 | 5 | NuFW Admin | * Be the key of a secure and simple Single Sign On system. |
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| 16 | 1 | h2. Documentations |
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| 18 | 1 | You will find here some documentations related to NuFW: |
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| 19 | 1 | * [[Frequently asked questions]] |
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| 20 | 1 | * [[TroubleShooting]] |
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| 22 | 12 | Eric Leblond | h2. Getting help |
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| 24 | 12 | Eric Leblond | * Forums on nufw.org |
| 25 | 12 | Eric Leblond | * [[MLs|Mailing lists]] |
| 26 | 12 | Eric Leblond | * NuFW also has a dedicated channel : #nufw on irc.freenode.net |
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| 28 | 6 | NuFW Admin | h2. For developers |
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| 30 | 6 | NuFW Admin | The latest source code can be accessed via git: |
| 31 | 6 | NuFW Admin | <pre> |
| 32 | 6 | NuFW Admin | git clone git://www.nufw.org/git/nufw.git |
| 33 | 6 | NuFW Admin | </pre> |
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| 35 | 13 | Eric Leblond | Extensive information about development in [[Devel|the development guide]]. |