Ubuntu Unleashed: Introducing GUFW the Uncomplicated Firewall GUI for Ubuntu Linux Hardy Heron!!

Introducing GUFW the Uncomplicated Firewall GUI for Ubuntu Linux Hardy Heron!!

Labels: News, UFW GUI, Uncomplicated Firewall GUI Posted by defcon on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 5:19 AM

I just woke up this morning and found a great comment on my blog introducing me to a promising new project by marcoscostales called gufw and he has taken his time to create a .deb package for us all. This application looks promising and can only get better with our suggestions.

So far 1200 people on Ubuntu Brainstorm voted for an application like this, see here

Features: Enable/disable Firewall via 1 click access

Deny all inbound/outbound connections with 1 click

Allow all inbound/outbound connections with 1 click

A nice allow/deny drop down box.

Easily add/remove firewall rules

Block ping replies to show up as having a stealth/invisible ip on the lan/inet

Screens:

Howto Install?
Download GuFw here
See here for updated packages
Double click the .deb file and click install.

You will find ufw with a nice shield icon via Applications->Internet->gufw

For support see here

Help improve this application by submitting bug reports and ideas here

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ez3t0r · 877 weeks ago

links for .deb files are broken

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defcon 52p · 876 weeks ago

not broken for me

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igron · 877 weeks ago

I think it's too simple... at this moment.

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CanadianLinux · 876 weeks ago

Very nice, working for me

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aXed · 876 weeks ago

What we need is something like Zonealarm(PC) or LittleSnitch(Mac) that tracks apps/processes and asks permission when sending or receiving data.

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Ryan Harrington · 876 weeks ago

Very nice post, very detailed easy to understand. I enjoy using GUfw too!!!.

Check out my new blog at

http://ubuntu-sos.blogspot.com

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Chay Harley · 875 weeks ago

Genius! I've been trying to get Guarddog and Firestarter to work my iptables properly but both seem to have "issues". I ran this, added some rules and wham! everything is working just how i want it. So much easier. Maybe we can have some examples of the most common rules people might apply as a template? Ie. read your ifconfig output and say "this looks like it would apply to you".