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Abhi balachandra
Asked: 2017-10-26 22:23:02 +0800 CST

what is the need of ufw if i have iptables in ubuntu? [duplicate]

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Is iptables a service running with ufw or can i run it as standalone without ufw.In the result of sudo iptables -L there are chains of ufw also,so what is the difference between the input,output and forward chains of iptables and chains of ufw .Is there any good material online for this .Please help..

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  1. The following wiki touches a bit about iptables, netfilter, and ufw.

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UncomplicatedFirewall

    Here's a short quote:

    Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw) is a frontend for iptables and is particularly well-suited for host-based firewalls.
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