Editing ufw order
One thing I noticed about the Ubuntu Firewall, or the Uncomplicated Firewall is that it adds new rules to the bottom of the existing ones by default, and that there is no way -at least I didn't found one- of flushing or zeroing the rules, and reloading from the CLI, in order to reload the new ones.
What I did to change the order of the rules is edit the file
'/var/lib/ufw/user.rules'
arrange the rules the way I want them -the more general ones on top, for instance- and then, issue a:
In order to clear the rules, and reload (doh!) them in the new order as defined on the newly edited 'user.rules' file.
What I did to change the order of the rules is edit the file
'/var/lib/ufw/user.rules'
arrange the rules the way I want them -the more general ones on top, for instance- and then, issue a:
sudo ufw reload
In order to clear the rules, and reload (doh!) them in the new order as defined on the newly edited 'user.rules' file.
Labels: Linux, Scripts, Security, SOHO router/ firewall
posted by hictio at 2:31 PM
2 Comments:
(I know this is an old post but I was looking for a way to reorder rules and found it)
Here's what I do now...
ufw status numbered
Shows your rules with numbers in brackets to the left.
You can insert a rule anywhere in the list by using a command like...
ufw insert 5 deny from 114.43.46.137
Which would insert the deny rule for that IP in position 5, pushing all the other rules down one
Hey! Thanks.
Yes, its an old post, but a comment it is always welcomed.
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