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Enable ufw, uncomplicated firewall in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

ufw uncomplicated Firewall is the default Firewall in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions. It also included in Linux Mint and many other Linux distributions.

You may find that ufw is not enabled by default when you start your distribution, so you need to enable it via the terminal.

To check the status of ufw enter the following in the terminal

sudo ufw status


To enable ufw, open your terminal and enter the following command
sudo ufw enable


The following message will be displayed in terminal
Firewall is active and enabled on system startup

If you want a detailed information about the status of ufw via the terminal enter the following command
sudo ufw status verbose


Which results in the following output:
Status: active
Logging: on (low)
Default: deny (incoming), allow (outgoing), disabled (routed)
New profiles: skip

If you prefer not to use the terminal to access your firewall, ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) has a GUI, it can be accessed by entering the following command in the terminal
sudo gufw


The default settings should be fine for the average home user.

If you find gufw is not installed, you can install it by entering the following command
sudo apt-get install gufw