firewalk: A traceroute like tool to determine gateway ACL filters and to map networks¹

Firewalking is a technique developed by MDS and DHG that employs traceroute-like techniques to analyze IP packet responses to determine gateway ACL filters and map networks. Firewalk the tool employs the technique to determine the filter rules in place on a packet forwarding device. The newest version of the tool, firewalk/GTK introduces the option of using a graphical interface and a few bug fixes.

... part of T2, get it here

URL: http://www.packetfactory.net/firewalk/

Author: Mike D. Schiffman <mike [at] infonexus [dot] com>
Author: David Goldsmith
Maintainer: The T2 Project <t2 [at] t2-project [dot] org>

License: BSD
Status: Stable
Version: 5.0

Download: http://www.packetfactory.net/firewalk/dist/ firewalk-5.0.tgz

T2 source: firewalk.cache
T2 source: firewalk.desc
T2 source: hotfix-gcc4.patch

Build time (on reference hardware): 0% (relative to binutils)²

Installed size (on reference hardware): 0.24 MB, 6 files

Dependencies (build time detected): 00-dirtree autoconf automake binutils coreutils diffutils findutils grep libdnet libnet libpcap linux-header make patch perl sed sysfiles tar texinfo

Installed files (on reference hardware): [show]

¹) This page was automatically generated from the T2 package source. Corrections, such as dead links, URL changes or typos need to be performed directly on that source.

²) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).