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brianegge
Asked: 2009-08-30 23:20:34 +0800 CST

Upgrading to ufw on Ubuntu 9.04

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I've recently upgrade my Ubuntu server install to 9.04. I'd like to install and use ufw. Is there a way to import my existing iptables into ufw? I'm worried about switching it on, and having all my ports closed. I'd like to open up a single additional tcp port, but don't want to go through the complicated process of changing my iptable rules.

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  1. Best Answer

    Manually put your old rules in "/etc/ufw/before.rules" or "after.rules". These are in standard iptables format. There is also var/lib/user.rules, but these are overwritten by adding rules via ufw. Put your existing rules in place, add your new rules via ufw allow, and enable ufw afterwards.

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  2. ufw is an intuitive frontend to iptables for newbies.

    If you already grok iptables, I see no reason why you should switch.

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  3. i guess you can keep your iptables rules and do something like this:

    1. open a screen window
    2. sudo ufw enable && sleep 120 && sudo ufw disable (be sure it wont ask you passwd :D)
    3. do you testing and in a worst case scenario wait 120 secs

    With this method you can test certain rules, without having an issue when you have to go to the co-loc.

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