Hardening new ubuntu installation
Knute Johnson
knute2009 at knutejohnson.com
Mon May 18 17:58:43 UTC 2009
loner wrote:
>> The first an simplest thing you can do is to turn on the firewall. From
>> the command line;
>>
>> sudo ufw enable
>
> Is that the best firewall for ubuntu/debian?
>
> --loner
>
There are all sorts of front ends for iptables. ufw is just a really
simple command line option. If you want a graphical interface there are
several other options. I just use ufw because it is simple to operate
and I can use it on my ubuntu server installation.
--
Knute Johnson
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge
to rule."
H.L. Mencken
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