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Playbook FAQ > What does it do? (9 entries)

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  • What are the big features?
    Say you have 25 firewalls. Right now, to make a rule change, you have to log into 25 devices and issue commands. Playbook acquires your firewall rules directly and ...
  • What firewalls does it work with?
    Most Cisco devices, including the PIX ASA. Most open source firewalls, including BSD’s excellent PF and Linux iptables. Juniper/Netscreen.
  • What about Checkpoint?
    We don’t support Checkpoint yet. The big reason is we don’t know how to do it right. Checkpoint doesn’t seem to have a rule format so much as it does a ...
  • Are you going to support Firewall-XYZ?
    Why yes! Devices on our roadmap include Sonicwall, Fortinet, the built-in firewall in Vista, and Astaro. When people ask us for devices, we go figure out how to do it. If ...
  • Do you have workflow features AND/OR what the heck is a workflow feature?
    Think back to Schoolhouse Rocks and “How A Bill Becomes A Law”, and you have a good idea of the process by which firewalls at Fortune 500 companies change. We designed ...
  • I really need to document my firewall rules.
    Also not a question, but you’re in luck! Playbook has a powerful, version-controlled wiki. Every device Playbook manages has a wiki page for documentation. Better yet, firewall rules themselves refer to ...
  • Can I track changes?
    Every change you make in Playbook is tracked in the proven industry standard Subversion VCS. So there’s that. Want to see what’s happening on your team? Playbook gives you ...
  • Does Playbook audit firewall rules?
    Depends on what you mean by that, but probably “not yet”. Playbook makes all your rule changes traceable to business requests, which is what your auditors need to see. But it ...
  • Can I edit rules on the command line?
    YES AND THANK YOU FOR NOTICING. Under the hood, Playbook’s engine is Subversion. It’s svn revs all the way down. If you’re authorized, you can use the industry-standard open ...