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Security

UFW Firewall Management

Simple firewall configuration with Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW).

2025-09-15
ufw, firewall, security

Enable UFW

sudo ufw enable

Disable UFW

sudo ufw disable

Check status

sudo ufw status

Verbose status

sudo ufw status verbose

Allow specific port

sudo ufw allow 22

Allow specific port with protocol

sudo ufw allow 80/tcp

Allow port range

sudo ufw allow 6000:6007/tcp

Allow from specific IP

sudo ufw allow from 192.168.1.100

Allow from IP to specific port

sudo ufw allow from 192.168.1.100 to any port 22

Allow subnet

sudo ufw allow from 192.168.1.0/24

Deny port

sudo ufw deny 23

Delete rule by number

First, list numbered rules:

sudo ufw status numbered

Then delete:

sudo ufw delete 2

Delete rule by specification

sudo ufw delete allow 80/tcp

Allow common services

sudo ufw allow ssh
sudo ufw allow http
sudo ufw allow https

Default policies

sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw default allow outgoing

Allow specific interface

sudo ufw allow in on eth0 to any port 80

Reset UFW (remove all rules)

sudo ufw reset

Logging

sudo ufw logging on

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