Uncomplicated Firewall
{{short description|Simplified netfilter interface}}
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| name = Uncomplicated Firewall
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| developer = Canonical Ltd.
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| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}
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| programming language = Python
| operating system = Linux
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| license = GNU General Public License
| website = {{URL|1=https://launchpad.net/ufw}}, {{URL|1=https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/en/man8/ufw.8.html}}
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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.{{cite web
| title = UncomplicatedFirewall
| url = https://git.launchpad.net/ufw/log/?h=release/0.36
| publisher = Ubuntu
| access-date = 3 December 2024}} UFW has been available by default in all Debian installations since 10.
GUIs for Uncomplicated Firewall
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| author = Gufw Developers
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| latest release version = [https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/gufw 20.04.1-1]
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| programming language = Python, PyGObject
| operating system = Linux
| platform = GTK
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| language = [https://translations.launchpad.net/gui-ufw More languages]
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| license = GNU General Public License
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| name = kmyfirewall
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| caption = GUI for Uncomplicated Firewall
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| developer = KLajos et al.
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| name = UFW KControl Module
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{{Infobox software
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| name = UFW Frontends
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| author = Darwin Bautista
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| latest release version = [https://github.com/baudm/ufw-frontends 0.3.2]
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2012}}
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| programming language = Python, PyGTK
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| license = GNU General Public License
| website = {{URL|1=https://github.com/baudm/ufw-frontends}}
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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
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| Netfilter feature{{cite web
| title = UFW in Ubuntu | url = https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UncomplicatedFirewall?action=show&redirect=UbuntuFirewall | publisher = Ubuntu | access-date = 2025-01-06}} ! 0.31.1-1 ! 0.34~rc-0ubuntu2 ! 0.34-2 ! 0.35 | ||||
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| Default incoming policy (allow/deny) | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Allow/deny incoming rules | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| IPv6 (by default) | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Status | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Logging (on/off) | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Extensible framework | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Python 2.5 support | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |
| Application integration | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| IPv4 rate limiting via 'limit' command | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Internationalization | {{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}} | {{Yes}} |
| 'show listening' report | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Python 2.7 support | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Increased protocol support (AH, ESP) | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| IPv6 rate limiting via 'limit' command | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Python 3.2 support | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
| Python 3.3 support | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| 'show added' report | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Python 3.4 support | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Before/after extensibility hooks | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Routed packet filtering (FORWARD) | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| systemd support | {{sdash}} | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Increased protocol support (IGMP, GRE) | {{sdash}} | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Python 3.5 support | {{sdash}} | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| Snappy for Ubuntu Core support | {{sdash}} | {{sdash}} | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} |
| Per rule comments | {{sdash}} | {{sdash}} | {{sdash}} | {{Yes}} |
References
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External links
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- [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFirewall Ubuntu Firewall – Information about Uncomplicated Firewall on Ubuntu]
- [https://gufw.org Gufw – Official Gufw website]
- [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gufw Gufw – Community Documentation]
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