Uncomplicated Firewall
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Stable release | 0.36-7[1]
/ October 22, 2020 |
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Written in | Python |
Operating system | Linux |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | launchpad |
Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) is a program for managing a netfilter firewall designed to be easy to use. It uses a command-line interface consisting of a small number of simple commands, and uses iptables for configuration. UFW is available by default in all Ubuntu installations since 8.04 LTS.[1] UFW has been available by default in all Debian installations since 10.
GUIs for Uncomplicated Firewall
[edit]![]() GUI for Uncomplicated Firewall | |
Original author(s) | Gufw Developers |
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Stable release | |
Repository | |
Written in | Python, PyGObject |
Operating system | Linux |
Platform | GTK |
Available in | More languages |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | gufw |
Developer(s) | KLajos et al. |
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Repository | |
Operating system | Linux |
Platform | Qt |
License | GNU General Public License |
Repository | |
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Operating system | Linux |
Platform | Qt |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | www.linux-apps.com |
Original author(s) | Darwin Bautista |
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Stable release | 0.3.2
/ 2012 |
Repository | |
Written in | Python, PyGTK |
Operating system | Linux |
Platform | PyGTK |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | github |
Gufw is intended to be an easy, intuitive graphical user interface 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 Ubuntu, but is also available in Debian-based distributions and in Arch Linux; anywhere Python, GTK and UFW are available.
Features
[edit]Netfilter feature[2] | 0.16.2 (8.04 LTS) |
0.30 (10.04 LTS) |
0.31.1-1 (12.04 LTS) |
0.34-0 (14.04 LTS) |
0.35-0 (16.04 LTS) |
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Default incoming policy (allow/deny) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Allow/deny incoming rules | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IPv6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Status | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Logging (on/off) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Extensible framework | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Application integration | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Limit incoming rules (rate limiting) | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Multiport incoming rules | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
debconf/preseeding | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Default incoming policy (reject) | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Reject incoming rules | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rule insertion | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Log levels | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Per rule logging | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Outgoing filtering (on par with incoming) | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Filtering by interface | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bash completion | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Upstart support | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Improved reporting | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Reset command | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
rsyslog support | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Delete by rule number | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Python 2.6 support | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
'show listening' report | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Python 2.7 support | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Increased protocol support (AH, ESP) | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IPv6 rate limiting via 'limit' command | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
Python 3.2 support | — | — | — | Yes | No |
Python 3.3 support | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
'show added' report | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
Python 3.4 support | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
Before/after extensibility hooks | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
Routed packet filtering (FORWARD) | — | — | — | Yes | Yes |
systemd support | — | — | — | — | Yes |
Increased protocol support (IGMP, GRE) | — | — | — | — | Yes |
Python 3.5 support | — | — | — | — | Yes |
Snappy for Ubuntu Core support | — | — | — | — | Yes |
Per rule comments | — | — | — | — | Yes |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "UncomplicatedFirewall". Ubuntu. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "UFW in Ubuntu". Ubuntu. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Ubuntu Firewall – Information about Uncomplicated Firewall on Ubuntu
- Gufw – Official Gufw website
- Gufw – Community Documentation