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Firewall Builder can also transfer generated script to the firewall and activate it there. It uses ssh to do this (putty on Windows). To use the installer, click on the "Install" toolbar button located above the firewall policy panel or in the main toolbar. Firewall Builder will compile the policy (if it is not compiled already) and then open a dialog where you can configure the parameters of the installer. Here you need to enter a password to authenticate to the firewall. Section Section 8.7 of the Users Guide has detailed instructions for setting up and using the installer.

Firewall Builder 4.0 can cache password you entered so you don't have to enter it again and again if you need to reinstall firewall policy several times. The password is never stored on disk in any form, it is only cached in the memory of the running fwbuilder process and discarded when you stop the program. You will need to enter it again when you use the program again after that. However this feature really helps speed up policy update if you need to do it several times. To activate it you need to turn it on in the "Installer" tab of the global preferences dialog (menu Edit / Preferences) and then turn on checkbox "Remember passwords" in the installer dialog. Passwords are stored in a dictionary indexed by the firewall name and user name configured in the "Installer" tab of the firewall object dialog. This means you can have different passwords for different firewall objects.