HANY "This program is quite simply a gui for the ipfw command prompt firewall program." Yes, it is. This is the correct definition of "frontend". WaterRoof is a frontend. "If you don't understand ipfw this program won't help you as the manual is too vague." Yes, of course, WaterRoof manual is not IPFW manual. The User manual for WaterRoof is useful for people that want to use my application. If you need to learn IPFW, you need an IPFW manual. "If this is the case for you you'll be better off sharpening your ipfw skills by manipulating the command line form of ipfw as that is the true way of learning and mastering ipfw" Yes of course. If you need to add a rule, you can do it using the terminal. It's better. If you want to change rules order quickly, you want to update dyn.rules often, you want to search logs and see stats/graphs... so you NEED a frontend. If you want to add/remove startup quickly, configure NAT easily, redirect ports, change bandwidth policies... you NEED a frontend. WaterRoof is a frontend for ipfw, so you must know how to use ipfw. Once you know it, you can speed up your tasks using an ipfw frontend. | 
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