Uncomplicated Firewall

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Uncomplicated Firewall
Developer(s) Canonical Ltd.
Stable release
0.36.2 [1] / 18 May 2023;2 years ago (18 May 2023)
Repository
Written in Python
Operating system Linux
License GNU General Public License
Website launchpad.net/ufw , manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/en/man8/ufw.8.html

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. [2] UFW has been available by default in all Debian installations since 10.

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GUIs for Uncomplicated Firewall

Gufw (GUI for Uncomplicated Firewall)
Original author(s) Gufw Developers
Stable release
Repository
Written in Python, PyGObject
Operating system Linux
Platform GTK
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License GNU General Public License
kmyfirewall
Developer(s) KLajos et al.
Repository
Operating system Linux
Platform Qt
License GNU General Public License
UFW KControl Module
Repository
Operating system Linux
Platform Qt
License GNU General Public License
Website www.linux-apps.com
UFW Frontends
Original author(s) Darwin Bautista
Stable release
0.3.2 / 2012;13 years ago (2012)
Repository
Written in Python, PyGTK
Operating system Linux
Platform PyGTK
License GNU General Public License
Website github.com/baudm/ufw-frontends

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.

References

  1. ↑ "0.36.2 : ufw". 18 May 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "UncomplicatedFirewall". Ubuntu. Retrieved 3 December 2024.


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