Ubuntu

firewall

Asked by Harish Rajagopal

hi,
i heard about a firewall in ubuntu and i need to activate the firewall.
how to do it?
regards,
Harish

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bhuvi (bhuvanesh) said : 		#1

ubuntu includes ufw firewall by default.
you can enable it by typing the following in the terminal:
sudo ufw enable

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#2

Ubuntu includes the firewall Firestarter. You can find it
- maybe in Synaptic (Search: Firstarter)
- or you the follwing link: http://www.fs-security.com/

I guess, it's a good product.

Hope this helps
Peter

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