diff --git a/src/library/library.pro b/src/library/library.pro
index 114c2b2..e599734 100644
--- a/src/library/library.pro
+++ b/src/library/library.pro
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ VERSION		= 1.0.0
 HEADERS	+= sysadm-global.h \
 		sysadm-general.h \
 		sysadm-lifepreserver.h \
-		sysadm-network.h
-		
+                sysadm-network.h \
+    sysadm-firewall.h
 
 SOURCES	+= sysadm-general.cpp \
 		sysadm-lifepreserver.cpp \
 		sysadm-network.cpp \
-		NetDevice.cpp
+                NetDevice.cpp \
+    sysadm-firewall.cpp
 
 include.path=/usr/local/include/
 include.files=sysadm-*.h
diff --git a/src/library/sysadm-firewall.cpp b/src/library/sysadm-firewall.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3efd387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/library/sysadm-firewall.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#include "sysadm-firewall.h"
+#include <QtCore>
+using namespace sysadm;
+PortInfo Firewall::LookUpPort(int portNumber, QString portType)
+{
+    //Make sure that the port is valid
+    if (portNumber < 0 || portNumber > 65535)
+    {
+        PortInfo returnValue;
+        returnValue.Port = -1;
+        returnValue.Description = "Port out of bounds";
+        return returnValue;
+    }
+
+    //Check to see if things have been initialized
+    if(portStrings == NULL)
+        readServicesFile();
+
+
+    PortInfo returnValue;
+    //the port number is valid so set it
+    returnValue.Port = portNumber;
+
+    //make sure that the portType is cased in lower to match the service file and
+    //then store it in the returnValue, since there isn't a huge point in checking
+    //the validitiy of the type since /etc/services lists more than udp/tcp
+    portType = portType.toLower();
+    returnValue.PortType =  portType;
+
+    //Check to see if it's a recommended port
+    returnValue.Recommended = false;
+    for(int i = 0; i < recommendedPortsSize; i++)
+    {
+        if (portNumber == recommendedPorts[i])
+        {
+            returnValue.Recommended = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+   //Check to see if the port number is listed. The format in the file
+   // is portname/portType. ex.: 22/tcp
+
+   QStringList port = portStrings->filter(QString::number(portNumber) + "/" + portType);
+   if(port.size() > 0)
+   {
+       //grab the first one, there may be duplicates due to colliding ports in the /etc/services file
+       //but those are listed after the declaration for what the port officially should be used for
+       QString line = port.at(0);
+
+       //Split across spaces since it's whitespace delimited
+       QStringList lineList = line.split(' ');
+
+       //the keyword associated with the port is the first element in a line
+       returnValue.Keyword = lineList.at(0);
+
+       //if the size of the list is less than 3 then there is no description
+       if(lineList.size() > 2)
+       {
+           QString description = lineList.at(2);
+           //String the description back together from the end of the list
+           for(int i = 3; i < lineList.size(); i++)
+           {
+               description += " " + lineList.at(i);
+           }
+           returnValue.Description = description;
+       }
+   }
+    
+   return returnValue;
+
+}
+
+Firewall::Firewall()
+{
+    readServicesFile();
+}
+
+Firewall::~Firewall()
+{
+    delete portStrings;
+}
+
+void Firewall::readServicesFile()
+{
+    portStrings = new QStringList();
+
+    // /etc/services contains a file that lists the various port numbers
+    // and their descriptions
+    QFile* services = new QFile("/etc/services");
+    services->open(QFile::ReadOnly);
+    while(!services->atEnd())
+    {
+        QString line = services->readLine();
+        //jump down past the comments
+        if(line[0] == '#')
+            continue;
+
+        //remove all of the extraneous whitespace in the line
+        line = line.simplified();
+
+        portStrings->append(line);
+    }
+    services->close();
+    delete services;
+}
+ 
diff --git a/src/library/sysadm-firewall.h b/src/library/sysadm-firewall.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbdccae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/library/sysadm-firewall.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+//===========================================
+//  PC-BSD source code
+//  Copyright (c) 2015, PC-BSD Software/iXsystems
+//  Available under the 3-clause BSD license
+//  See the LICENSE file for full details
+
+#ifndef PORTLOOKUP_H
+#define PORTLOOKUP_H
+#include <QtCore>
+namespace sysadm
+{
+struct PortInfo{
+    int Port;
+    QString PortType;
+    QString Keyword;
+    QString Description;
+    bool Recommended;
+};
+
+const static int recommendedPorts[] = {22, 80};
+const static int recommendedPortsSize = 2;
+class Firewall
+{
+
+public:
+    /**
+     * @description Returns a structure containing information about the port
+     * including its port type, keyword, description, and whether it's a
+     * recommended port
+     *
+     * @parameter portNumber a port number between 0 and 2^16 - 1
+     *
+     * @ErrorConditions Port Number is set to -1 and a description of the error is stored in the description variable
+     */
+    PortInfo LookUpPort(int portNumber, QString portType);
+    Firewall();
+    ~Firewall();
+
+private:
+    void readServicesFile();
+    QStringList* portStrings;
+};
+}
+#endif // PORTLOOKUP_H
+