About the jFireWallSim Project

The jFireWallSim project is a java based network and firewall simulator that allows users to set and test the effectiveness of firewall rules (as accurately as possible) using either a command line interface or GUI. The project is coded in java and is cross platform compatible. The simulation is designed to be seperate from the GUI.

About Us

The jFirewallsim project was started by students from the Canberra Institute of Technology in Canberra, Australia. Each year the students in their final semester studying for a Diploma in Software Development, creates a new project or extend on an existing one. Currently (Semester 2, 2004) we are in the second phase of the jFirewallSim project.

The jFirewallSim is the major project for the VC (Virtual Consultancy) class. The VC class is two days a week, for six hours each day and aims to give the students a taste of what it is like to work on a "real life" project. The jFirewallSim will be used as a teaching aid, to help the Network Engineering students at CIT understand how a network operates.