Uncomplicated Firewall

Uncomplicated Firewall

Stable release	0.36-6 / August 25, 2019 (2019-08-25)
Repository	git.launchpad.net/ufw
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 after 8.04 LTS.

GUIs for Uncomplicated Firewall

Gufw (GUI for Uncomplicated Firewall)

GUI for Uncomplicated Firewall
Original author(s)	Gufw Developers
Stable release	20.04.1-1
Repository	git.launchpad.net/ufw
Written in	Python, PyGObject
Operating system	Linux
Platform	GTK
Available in	More languages [1]
License	GNU General Public License
Website	gufw.org

kmyfirewall

Developer(s)	KLajos et al.
Repository	git.launchpad.net/ufw
Operating system	Linux
Platform	Qt
License	GNU General Public License

UFW KControl Module

Repository	git.launchpad.net/ufw
Operating system	Linux
Platform	Qt
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.linux-apps.com/content/show.php/UFW+KControl+Module?content=137789

UFW Frontends

Original author(s)	Darwin Bautista
Stable release	0.3.2 / 2012 (2012)
Repository	git.launchpad.net/ufw
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.

Features

Netfilter feature	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)
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	Yes
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

External links

• Ubuntu Firewall – Information about Uncomplicated Firewall on Ubuntu
• Gufw – Official Gufw website
• Gufw – Community Documentation