Gufw Firewall 13.10 Released With New Features, Refreshed Layout

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://gufw.org/">Gufw</a>, a firewall that uses UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) under the hood, has been updated recently, getting a new layout and some important new features.</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-goHHXi6Fdy-8iHovWaKhun0XUJHV8nVtYZrUYvyCyAjj6A3T69toJz-nuec7jGB2u_dCnWWEjf0KtzRYnlnOQL8iyPvCbnMkExsbkm3u3Cs3avqZWcBCs5yYklRn-cFN9znkiQRQFY/s1600/gufw_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-goHHXi6Fdy-8iHovWaKhun0XUJHV8nVtYZrUYvyCyAjj6A3T69toJz-nuec7jGB2u_dCnWWEjf0KtzRYnlnOQL8iyPvCbnMkExsbkm3u3Cs3avqZWcBCs5yYklRn-cFN9znkiQRQFY/s320/gufw_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu ships with UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall), a configuration tool for iptables, but it's not enabled by default. Even though UFW does a great job, it's a command line tool so to make things even easier, Gufw has been created with the goal of being an intuitive, easy to use GUI tool for home users.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>So what's a firewall? In short, a firewall is used to prevent unauthorized access to the computer it runs on, by analyzing the incoming and outgoing network traffic. </i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>With Gufw 13.10, managing UFW Firewall has become a lot easier, thanks to some important new features added in the latest release:</b></div><ul><li>profiles support;</li><li>230 dynamic preconfigured rules: using this, you can add a firewall rule by simply selecting from the list of known applications (230 with the new release);</li><li>editable rules;</li><li>import / export rules;</li><li>human names for rules;</li><li>new log behavior;</li><li>a getting started tutorial is now displayed in the main window;</li><li>more.</li></ul><br />And of course, there's also a refreshed layout:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHtr19whz6WAzxN39QSx10mcRdx5f7HYOHkGqJfhvXJ1-SQv4YMGB9JUaGE0QhA_61jUq_ZjZh0MtSKHSJ6ME1KIr831qz7glNmkCfmRN0_XjsrvzSR4KzekTwVPkl1srzgxGEkvZaO4/s1600/gufw_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gufw" border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHtr19whz6WAzxN39QSx10mcRdx5f7HYOHkGqJfhvXJ1-SQv4YMGB9JUaGE0QhA_61jUq_ZjZh0MtSKHSJ6ME1KIr831qz7glNmkCfmRN0_XjsrvzSR4KzekTwVPkl1srzgxGEkvZaO4/s320/gufw_2.png" title="gufw" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKML26HpeGD50LdsbdwJMCYEPDhjn2dJbNRl8vQOjCzRFLwrjL7xC6VCAYcq30VaXedujwocyqgna7PTJoC6m1_DDuJdFmy4-V7KQDe2YIkHrWWe8NScf9XDc9wtNTmz-Ils8UEmvH54/s1600/gufw_3.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gufw" border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKML26HpeGD50LdsbdwJMCYEPDhjn2dJbNRl8vQOjCzRFLwrjL7xC6VCAYcq30VaXedujwocyqgna7PTJoC6m1_DDuJdFmy4-V7KQDe2YIkHrWWe8NScf9XDc9wtNTmz-Ils8UEmvH54/s320/gufw_3.png" title="gufw" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Download Gufw Firewall</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Gufw 13.10 is available in the official Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander repositories</b> so to install it, click the button below:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="apt://gufw"><img alt="Download for Ubuntu" src="https://apps.ubuntu.com/assets/images/scbutton-free-200px.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For older Ubuntu versions, you'll find a Gufw 13.10 deb download link on its <a href="http://gufw.org/new">website</a>, along with an AUR package for Arch Linux users.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are no packages for other Linux distributions yet but you can grab the source code via <a href="https://launchpad.net/gui-ufw/+download">Launchpad</a>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Costales for the tip!</i></div>

Gufw Firewall 13.10 Released With New Features, Refreshed Layout

Gufw , a firewall that uses UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) under the hood, has been updated recently, getting a new layout and some important ...

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