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Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
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I would like to secure my server and it seems that IPtables is one of the first steps. Unfortunately editing the rules in a terminal is a bit complicated and dangerous (those who ever did an iptables -F will know what I mean ;) ). Could you recommend any good graphical interfaces for managing my IPtables rules?










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    I would like to secure my server and it seems that IPtables is one of the first steps. Unfortunately editing the rules in a terminal is a bit complicated and dangerous (those who ever did an iptables -F will know what I mean ;) ). Could you recommend any good graphical interfaces for managing my IPtables rules?










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      I would like to secure my server and it seems that IPtables is one of the first steps. Unfortunately editing the rules in a terminal is a bit complicated and dangerous (those who ever did an iptables -F will know what I mean ;) ). Could you recommend any good graphical interfaces for managing my IPtables rules?










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      I would like to secure my server and it seems that IPtables is one of the first steps. Unfortunately editing the rules in a terminal is a bit complicated and dangerous (those who ever did an iptables -F will know what I mean ;) ). Could you recommend any good graphical interfaces for managing my IPtables rules?







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          Firestarter has always worked well in my opinion. It supports a robust GUI and supports all options of iptables.



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          • I also recommend firestarter.

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            Firestarter is deemed abandoned software and has been removed from Ubuntu repositories as of 13.10 Saucy Salamander. For more info, help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter

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            Unfortunately firestarter is abandoned. help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter It seems that at present gufw, which is a GUI wrapper around ufw, which in turn is a CLI wrapper around iptables, is the closest thing.

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          I've never taken time to understand iptables, but I believe gufw does the job. Even I was able to set up a firewall within a couple of minutes.






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            gufw wraps ufw, not iptables, and doesn't support all of iptables' functionality.

            – lfaraone
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          Try Firewall Builder.



          sudo apt-get install fwbuilder





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          • +1 I like this, although it's somewhat more complex than Firestarter. It's targeted at multi-system administrators.

            – David Z
            Jul 28 '10 at 21:10











          • Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be any less dead than Firestarter. Last update was in July 2013.

            – Hubro
            Jun 11 '17 at 2:03











          • +1 for being still in available with apt-get --- getting started tutorial found here youtube.com/watch?v=yoAhn6tdlw4

            – Kickaha
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          For most purposes, ufw (Uncomplicated FireWall) is an excellent way to build simple iptables firewalls. The rules produced are decent, though there may be features of iptables that you need that ufw doesn't cover.



          sudo apt-get install ufw


          It's a command line tool, but there is also gufw if you want a GUI version.






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            IPTEditor is a gui for iptables (a little old but very useful)



            https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipteditor/



            require ruby and ruby-gtk2





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              I’m using Elastic Firewall …worked like a breeze so far!



              Plus it works on multiple machines.



              You can go with a free account with them or try one of the paid plans for enhanced power. either way, the thing does a pretty good job at very reasonable rates.



              Unfortunately editing the rules in a terminal is a bit complicated and dangerous (those who ever did an iptables -F will know what I mean ;) )



              I know what you mean, appending rules through the command line can be time consuming and prone to so many errors, so having a firewall manager to automate Linux iptables policies can save you a lot of time and nerves.






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                Firestarter has always worked well in my opinion. It supports a robust GUI and supports all options of iptables.



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                sudo apt-get install firestarter





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                • I also recommend firestarter.

                  – Stuart
                  Aug 11 '10 at 16:20






                • 7





                  Firestarter is deemed abandoned software and has been removed from Ubuntu repositories as of 13.10 Saucy Salamander. For more info, help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter

                  – Suhaib
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                • 3





                  Unfortunately firestarter is abandoned. help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter It seems that at present gufw, which is a GUI wrapper around ufw, which in turn is a CLI wrapper around iptables, is the closest thing.

                  – David Baucum
                  Jan 20 '16 at 22:31
















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                Firestarter has always worked well in my opinion. It supports a robust GUI and supports all options of iptables.



                statusevents



                sudo apt-get install firestarter





                share|improve this answer


























                • I also recommend firestarter.

                  – Stuart
                  Aug 11 '10 at 16:20






                • 7





                  Firestarter is deemed abandoned software and has been removed from Ubuntu repositories as of 13.10 Saucy Salamander. For more info, help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter

                  – Suhaib
                  Jan 22 '14 at 4:30








                • 3





                  Unfortunately firestarter is abandoned. help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter It seems that at present gufw, which is a GUI wrapper around ufw, which in turn is a CLI wrapper around iptables, is the closest thing.

                  – David Baucum
                  Jan 20 '16 at 22:31














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                Firestarter has always worked well in my opinion. It supports a robust GUI and supports all options of iptables.



                statusevents



                sudo apt-get install firestarter





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                Firestarter has always worked well in my opinion. It supports a robust GUI and supports all options of iptables.



                statusevents



                sudo apt-get install firestarter






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                • I also recommend firestarter.

                  – Stuart
                  Aug 11 '10 at 16:20






                • 7





                  Firestarter is deemed abandoned software and has been removed from Ubuntu repositories as of 13.10 Saucy Salamander. For more info, help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter

                  – Suhaib
                  Jan 22 '14 at 4:30








                • 3





                  Unfortunately firestarter is abandoned. help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter It seems that at present gufw, which is a GUI wrapper around ufw, which in turn is a CLI wrapper around iptables, is the closest thing.

                  – David Baucum
                  Jan 20 '16 at 22:31



















                • I also recommend firestarter.

                  – Stuart
                  Aug 11 '10 at 16:20






                • 7





                  Firestarter is deemed abandoned software and has been removed from Ubuntu repositories as of 13.10 Saucy Salamander. For more info, help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter

                  – Suhaib
                  Jan 22 '14 at 4:30








                • 3





                  Unfortunately firestarter is abandoned. help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter It seems that at present gufw, which is a GUI wrapper around ufw, which in turn is a CLI wrapper around iptables, is the closest thing.

                  – David Baucum
                  Jan 20 '16 at 22:31

















                I also recommend firestarter.

                – Stuart
                Aug 11 '10 at 16:20





                I also recommend firestarter.

                – Stuart
                Aug 11 '10 at 16:20




                7




                7





                Firestarter is deemed abandoned software and has been removed from Ubuntu repositories as of 13.10 Saucy Salamander. For more info, help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter

                – Suhaib
                Jan 22 '14 at 4:30







                Firestarter is deemed abandoned software and has been removed from Ubuntu repositories as of 13.10 Saucy Salamander. For more info, help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter

                – Suhaib
                Jan 22 '14 at 4:30






                3




                3





                Unfortunately firestarter is abandoned. help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter It seems that at present gufw, which is a GUI wrapper around ufw, which in turn is a CLI wrapper around iptables, is the closest thing.

                – David Baucum
                Jan 20 '16 at 22:31





                Unfortunately firestarter is abandoned. help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter It seems that at present gufw, which is a GUI wrapper around ufw, which in turn is a CLI wrapper around iptables, is the closest thing.

                – David Baucum
                Jan 20 '16 at 22:31













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                I've never taken time to understand iptables, but I believe gufw does the job. Even I was able to set up a firewall within a couple of minutes.






                share|improve this answer



















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                  gufw wraps ufw, not iptables, and doesn't support all of iptables' functionality.

                  – lfaraone
                  Jul 28 '10 at 20:47
















                14














                I've never taken time to understand iptables, but I believe gufw does the job. Even I was able to set up a firewall within a couple of minutes.






                share|improve this answer



















                • 8





                  gufw wraps ufw, not iptables, and doesn't support all of iptables' functionality.

                  – lfaraone
                  Jul 28 '10 at 20:47














                14












                14








                14







                I've never taken time to understand iptables, but I believe gufw does the job. Even I was able to set up a firewall within a couple of minutes.






                share|improve this answer













                I've never taken time to understand iptables, but I believe gufw does the job. Even I was able to set up a firewall within a couple of minutes.







                share|improve this answer












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                Michael CrenshawMichael Crenshaw

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                • 8





                  gufw wraps ufw, not iptables, and doesn't support all of iptables' functionality.

                  – lfaraone
                  Jul 28 '10 at 20:47














                • 8





                  gufw wraps ufw, not iptables, and doesn't support all of iptables' functionality.

                  – lfaraone
                  Jul 28 '10 at 20:47








                8




                8





                gufw wraps ufw, not iptables, and doesn't support all of iptables' functionality.

                – lfaraone
                Jul 28 '10 at 20:47





                gufw wraps ufw, not iptables, and doesn't support all of iptables' functionality.

                – lfaraone
                Jul 28 '10 at 20:47











                11














                Try Firewall Builder.



                sudo apt-get install fwbuilder





                share|improve this answer
























                • +1 I like this, although it's somewhat more complex than Firestarter. It's targeted at multi-system administrators.

                  – David Z
                  Jul 28 '10 at 21:10











                • Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be any less dead than Firestarter. Last update was in July 2013.

                  – Hubro
                  Jun 11 '17 at 2:03











                • +1 for being still in available with apt-get --- getting started tutorial found here youtube.com/watch?v=yoAhn6tdlw4

                  – Kickaha
                  Mar 25 at 13:00


















                11














                Try Firewall Builder.



                sudo apt-get install fwbuilder





                share|improve this answer
























                • +1 I like this, although it's somewhat more complex than Firestarter. It's targeted at multi-system administrators.

                  – David Z
                  Jul 28 '10 at 21:10











                • Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be any less dead than Firestarter. Last update was in July 2013.

                  – Hubro
                  Jun 11 '17 at 2:03











                • +1 for being still in available with apt-get --- getting started tutorial found here youtube.com/watch?v=yoAhn6tdlw4

                  – Kickaha
                  Mar 25 at 13:00
















                11












                11








                11







                Try Firewall Builder.



                sudo apt-get install fwbuilder





                share|improve this answer













                Try Firewall Builder.



                sudo apt-get install fwbuilder






                share|improve this answer












                share|improve this answer



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                answered Jul 28 '10 at 20:35









                snostormsnostorm

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                • +1 I like this, although it's somewhat more complex than Firestarter. It's targeted at multi-system administrators.

                  – David Z
                  Jul 28 '10 at 21:10











                • Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be any less dead than Firestarter. Last update was in July 2013.

                  – Hubro
                  Jun 11 '17 at 2:03











                • +1 for being still in available with apt-get --- getting started tutorial found here youtube.com/watch?v=yoAhn6tdlw4

                  – Kickaha
                  Mar 25 at 13:00





















                • +1 I like this, although it's somewhat more complex than Firestarter. It's targeted at multi-system administrators.

                  – David Z
                  Jul 28 '10 at 21:10











                • Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be any less dead than Firestarter. Last update was in July 2013.

                  – Hubro
                  Jun 11 '17 at 2:03











                • +1 for being still in available with apt-get --- getting started tutorial found here youtube.com/watch?v=yoAhn6tdlw4

                  – Kickaha
                  Mar 25 at 13:00



















                +1 I like this, although it's somewhat more complex than Firestarter. It's targeted at multi-system administrators.

                – David Z
                Jul 28 '10 at 21:10





                +1 I like this, although it's somewhat more complex than Firestarter. It's targeted at multi-system administrators.

                – David Z
                Jul 28 '10 at 21:10













                Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be any less dead than Firestarter. Last update was in July 2013.

                – Hubro
                Jun 11 '17 at 2:03





                Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be any less dead than Firestarter. Last update was in July 2013.

                – Hubro
                Jun 11 '17 at 2:03













                +1 for being still in available with apt-get --- getting started tutorial found here youtube.com/watch?v=yoAhn6tdlw4

                – Kickaha
                Mar 25 at 13:00







                +1 for being still in available with apt-get --- getting started tutorial found here youtube.com/watch?v=yoAhn6tdlw4

                – Kickaha
                Mar 25 at 13:00













                6














                For most purposes, ufw (Uncomplicated FireWall) is an excellent way to build simple iptables firewalls. The rules produced are decent, though there may be features of iptables that you need that ufw doesn't cover.



                sudo apt-get install ufw


                It's a command line tool, but there is also gufw if you want a GUI version.






                share|improve this answer




























                  6














                  For most purposes, ufw (Uncomplicated FireWall) is an excellent way to build simple iptables firewalls. The rules produced are decent, though there may be features of iptables that you need that ufw doesn't cover.



                  sudo apt-get install ufw


                  It's a command line tool, but there is also gufw if you want a GUI version.






                  share|improve this answer


























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                    6








                    6







                    For most purposes, ufw (Uncomplicated FireWall) is an excellent way to build simple iptables firewalls. The rules produced are decent, though there may be features of iptables that you need that ufw doesn't cover.



                    sudo apt-get install ufw


                    It's a command line tool, but there is also gufw if you want a GUI version.






                    share|improve this answer













                    For most purposes, ufw (Uncomplicated FireWall) is an excellent way to build simple iptables firewalls. The rules produced are decent, though there may be features of iptables that you need that ufw doesn't cover.



                    sudo apt-get install ufw


                    It's a command line tool, but there is also gufw if you want a GUI version.







                    share|improve this answer












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                        IPTEditor is a gui for iptables (a little old but very useful)



                        https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipteditor/



                        require ruby and ruby-gtk2





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                          IPTEditor is a gui for iptables (a little old but very useful)



                          https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipteditor/



                          require ruby and ruby-gtk2





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                            IPTEditor is a gui for iptables (a little old but very useful)



                            https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipteditor/



                            require ruby and ruby-gtk2





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                            IPTEditor is a gui for iptables (a little old but very useful)



                            https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipteditor/



                            require ruby and ruby-gtk2






                            share











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                                I’m using Elastic Firewall …worked like a breeze so far!



                                Plus it works on multiple machines.



                                You can go with a free account with them or try one of the paid plans for enhanced power. either way, the thing does a pretty good job at very reasonable rates.



                                Unfortunately editing the rules in a terminal is a bit complicated and dangerous (those who ever did an iptables -F will know what I mean ;) )



                                I know what you mean, appending rules through the command line can be time consuming and prone to so many errors, so having a firewall manager to automate Linux iptables policies can save you a lot of time and nerves.






                                share|improve this answer






























                                  -1














                                  I’m using Elastic Firewall …worked like a breeze so far!



                                  Plus it works on multiple machines.



                                  You can go with a free account with them or try one of the paid plans for enhanced power. either way, the thing does a pretty good job at very reasonable rates.



                                  Unfortunately editing the rules in a terminal is a bit complicated and dangerous (those who ever did an iptables -F will know what I mean ;) )



                                  I know what you mean, appending rules through the command line can be time consuming and prone to so many errors, so having a firewall manager to automate Linux iptables policies can save you a lot of time and nerves.






                                  share|improve this answer




























                                    -1












                                    -1








                                    -1







                                    I’m using Elastic Firewall …worked like a breeze so far!



                                    Plus it works on multiple machines.



                                    You can go with a free account with them or try one of the paid plans for enhanced power. either way, the thing does a pretty good job at very reasonable rates.



                                    Unfortunately editing the rules in a terminal is a bit complicated and dangerous (those who ever did an iptables -F will know what I mean ;) )



                                    I know what you mean, appending rules through the command line can be time consuming and prone to so many errors, so having a firewall manager to automate Linux iptables policies can save you a lot of time and nerves.






                                    share|improve this answer















                                    I’m using Elastic Firewall …worked like a breeze so far!



                                    Plus it works on multiple machines.



                                    You can go with a free account with them or try one of the paid plans for enhanced power. either way, the thing does a pretty good job at very reasonable rates.



                                    Unfortunately editing the rules in a terminal is a bit complicated and dangerous (those who ever did an iptables -F will know what I mean ;) )



                                    I know what you mean, appending rules through the command line can be time consuming and prone to so many errors, so having a firewall manager to automate Linux iptables policies can save you a lot of time and nerves.







                                    share|improve this answer














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