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Default firewall

Asked by Milardo

does ubuntu latest version come with a firewall?

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Best Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#1

Yes, Ubuntu is shipped with a program called Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw). There is no graphical interface to this firewall by default however.

To enable the firewall:

1) Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)
2) Type the following command:

sudo ufw enable

3) Read more about ufw and how to create firewall rules run the command

man ufw

If you want a graphical user interface to ufw, install gufw. This can be done by running the following command in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install gufw

For more information on configuring ufw see:

https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/firewall.html

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Milardo (zerosportslegacy) said : 		#2

Thanks Steven Danna, that solved my question.