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Ubuntu Firewalls Guide. Part II: Gufw

published by Wawuk Team on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 18:03

Indeed a pleasure to see your system secured by sophisticated firewall solution. However, not everyone is ready for a challenge of configuring firewall from command line (or shell).

In this guide, we’ll try to review Gufw frontend for Ubuntu firewall. While there are number of other frontends Gufw, in our opinion, is the easiest to understand, and hence to configure and control the way network security of your computer.
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Ubuntu Firewalls Guide. Part I: Uncomplicated firewall

published by Wawuk Team on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 08:39

Most Linux system comes with iptables – sophisticated software firewall – which is somewhat difficult to configure. Luckily, Ubuntu, as user-friendly community, decided to simplify this task, and so ufw was born.

Ufw stands for “Uncomplicated firewall”. Indeed, to configure iptables using ufw, it’s enough to open terminal window and type in few simple commands.

NOTE: To open terminal, please access Applications > Accessories > Terminal.

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Ubuntu Firewalls Guide

published by Wawuk Team on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 06:16

Like every other system connected to the Internet, Linux needs an additional layer of protection. Whether you have a router or Intrusion Detection System (IDS), there is no reason not to have it backed up by a software solution.

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Modern systems often come with pre-installed firewall solution. In this guide, we’ll show you multiple ways to manage your Ubuntu firewall.

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