Web-firewall authorization.

A simple web-server and a command line interface to manage users.

Purpose

The purpose of the software is a simple and straightforward one: add an IP address to the firewall's white list. Currently only shorewall is supported and a user is supposed to use a special zone as the white list.

How to build

The project is managed by Cargo so one can easily build it using the usual command (cargo build, …).

How to run

Web server

The project uses Rocket web server under the cover. To configure it please consider reading a Configuration chapter in the Rocket guide.

After building the project a web binary should be available. Here's an example:

web --pass-db data/passwords.db --pass-checker data/db-checker.conf \
--shorewall shorewall --private-zone priv

To see available options and their descriptions:

web --help

Manage users

Client

After building the project a manage binary should be available. Please a 'help' command to see available options:

manage --help

Here's an example:

manage --pass-db data/passwords.db --pass-checker data/db-checker.conf add-user --user foo

TODO

• Online changes to the database.
• Support different firewalls.
• Work on this readme.