Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) is a program for managing a netfilter

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designed to be easy to use. It uses a

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consisting of a small number of simple commands, and uses

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for configuration. UFW is available by default in all

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installations since 8.04 LTS. UFW has been available by default in all

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installations since 10.

GUIs for Uncomplicated Firewall

Gufw is intended to be an easy, intuitive

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for managing Uncomplicated Firewall. It supports common tasks such as allowing or blocking pre-configured, common P2P, or individual ports. Gufw has been designed for

, but is also available in

-based distributions and in

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; anywhere

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GTK GTK (formerly GIMP ToolKit and GTK+) is a free software cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs). It is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, allowing both Free software, free and ...

and UFW are available.

Features

References

External links

Ubuntu Firewall – Information about ''Uncomplicated Firewall'' on Ubuntu

Gufw – Official Gufw website

Gufw – Community Documentation
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