Hexward Labs

Cybersecurity content and self-hosted security tools

Hexward Labs publishes short, practical cybersecurity lessons and builds a family of free, self-hosted tools for firewall audits, vulnerability prioritisation, certificate and DMARC monitoring, and network visibility. Your data stays on your network.

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12: Single-binary tools
SQLite: Local storage
Apache-2.0: Free editions
0: Telemetry

Teach

Step-by-step lessons on Cisco Secure Firewall, segmentation, migration and email security.

Published as short videos and written guides.

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Build

Twelve single-binary tools with SQLite storage.

Free editions are Apache-2.0 and fully usable. Paid editions add support and extras.

Stay transparent

What the tool does is what the page says.

TelemetryNone.
LimitsPublished next to the features.
ErrorsExplicit, never silent.

Featured tools

Six of the twelve.

Multivendor firewall migration

RuleForge

Converts firewall configurations between Cisco ASA, Cisco FTD, PAN-OS, FortiGate and Check Point, with a mapping report for rules it can't translate one-to-one.

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