sunShield

Shareware; $29.95

Current Version: 2.0.3 'L' Pro (November 12, 2007)

sunShield is a preference pane that manages the built-in firewall in Mac OS X (which makes it similar to Flying Butttress / BrickHouse, except that Flying Butttress is a standalone application).

Core features include:

• PPC and Intel ready
• Supports IPFW2, shipped with Tiger.
• Use advanced actions, and advanced protocol options.
• Easily turn firewall ON / OFF
• Create all kind of basic or dynamic rules.
• Lets you also create rule manually, from sunShield's interface.
• Review dynamic rules, time left and parent rule.
• Enforce rules based on user sending packet.
• Enable or disable logging, system wise.
• Live logs, in sunShield, lets you use ToolRules (sniffing, debugging...)
• Export rule base to an rc.firewall script, handy to deploy IPFW configuration on BSD compatible systems.
• Re-order rules with simple drag and drop.
• Edit rules with a double click on them, right click them to edit as new rule
• Automatically save and restore rules across reboots.

Apart from being released natively for Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs, version 2.0 Pro adds/changes the following:

• Edit (and replace) or Edit as a new rule.
• Import and export a whole ruleset from one file, in one click.
• Enhanced template support.
• New interface, bringing better feel when using the pane.
• New key protocol in order to support demo version. (2.0.2)
• Two glitches fixed in French interface. (2.0.2)
• Added: Refresh button on Logging window. (2.0.3)
• Fixed: Edit as new rule broken. (2.0.3)
• Fixed: Debug output logged on dynamic rules, even when debug output disabled. (2.0.3)
• Fixed: A bug introduced with Leopard's build 9a581. The bug is not in Leopard, but in the way sunShield Pro tries to read some system data. (2.0.3 'L')