Firewalk X 1.2
by Mike Vannorsdel

About
Firewalk X is a configuration and maintenance utility for Mac OS X's built-in firewall.  
Features found in Firewalk X are:
• Can create rules for TCP, UDP, and ICMP protocols
• Can specify ranges of IP addresses and ports including origination and destination ports
• Configurable automatic port value inserter for helping with rule setup
• System setup for firewall activation at system startup
• Can view rules that are currently installed in the firewall for confirmation
• Logging of user defined firewall events and notification of new events
• Saving, importing, and exporting of rules sets
• Watch Mode to help with firewall setup
• Can preserve NAT settings for most NAT configurations
• Dockling that allows independent switching rule sets on the fly
• Smaller, compressed main interface to preserve screen realty
• Setup Assistant to aid novices with firewall setup
• Firewalk X Repair Kit application that can fix possible problems with Firewalk X and the firewall

What's New
• Added Setup Assistant
• Can now edit rules already added to rule list
• Added Firewalk X Repair Kit to help fix possible problems with Firewalk X and the firewall
• Minor dockling fixes for possible problems keeping dock icon
• Can now resolve log IPs with server names

Installation
Use the Firewalk X Installer to install and uninstall Firewalk X.  Please view the Firewalk X Help from the application's help menu for instructions on usage.

Important Information
Beginning with Firewalk X 1.1, preferences and exported rule sets from 1.0.x versions are no longer compatible. There are too many changes in the creation and storage of rules to maintain compatibility.

You may receive a compatibility warning when installing the dockling into the Dock for the first time.  The dockling API is still changing between versions of Mac OS X and may cause current docklings to become incompatible with future releases of Mac OS X.  The Firewalk X Switcher dockling has been tested with Mac OS X 10.0.3 and functions properly with this version.  However, if you experience problems related to the dockling, remove it from the Dock.

Updates and Information
Updates and information can be found at http://www.users.qwest.net/~mvannorsdel/firewalkx/index.html.

Contact
If you have a suggestion, bug report, or question, submit them to mikevann@kagi.com.