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UFW
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Firewall
2021-10-04 Personal NonRoot
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Configuring UFW

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Description of basic commands for UFW

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Installation and activation

UFW should be installed by default in Ubuntu servers. If not, see below.

Installation of UFW

~~~
sudo apt install ufw
~~~

Activation of UFW

~~~
sudo ufw status
~~~

If disabled:

~~~
sudo ufw enable
~~~


Basic commands

UFW rules status

~~~
sudo ufw status
~~~

Commands can be appended:

  • verbose: details incoming/outgoing rules
  • numbered: display rule numbers

UFW rule management

Allow / Deny
~~~
sudo ufw allow/deny
~~~

Then:

Type to allow Syntax
IP from (ip address/range)
Port (portnumber)/(protocol)
Service (service name)
Protocol proto (protocol name)

Rule priority

Certain rules like IP denial need to be put on top of the rule stack as UFW reads rules in order one after another. Insert the following in the command to force insertion:

~~~
insert 1 (or any place in the pecking order)
~~~

Complex rule syntax

Finer rules can be defined with the following syntax.

rule condition syntax
connecting IP from (ip or any)
internal IP to (ip or any)
protocol proto (protocol or any)
port port (port or any)
outgoing traffic out