Ubuntu Unleashed: Howto: Use, setup, and Take advantage of the New Ubuntu Uncomplicated Firewall UFW

May
13
2008

Ubuntu Unleashed: Howto: Use, setup, and Take advantage of the New Ubuntu Uncomplicated Firewall UFW

May 13, 2008

Lifehacker.com: The Ubuntu Unleashed blog has an excellent guide to the ins and outs of the Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw), a new feature in Ubuntu Linux 8.04, or Hardy Heron, that makes it easy to control the traffic into and out of your system. While turning on the firewall is as simple as typing sudo ufw enable, you can do a lot more with ufw…

Here is an overview on howto use ufw the Uncomplicated Firewall:Lets turn UFW on:sudo ufw enableWhen you initially turn the firewall on, it is in ACCEPT mode, and will accept everything incoming and outgoing until you make rulesets.The simple…