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I would like to secure my server and it seems that IPtables is one of the first steps. Unfortunately editing the rules in a terminal is a bit complicated and dangerous (those who ever did an iptables -F will know what I mean ;) ). Could you recommend any good graphical interfaces for managing my IPtables rules?

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Firestarter has always worked well in my opinion. It supports a robust GUI and supports all options of iptables.

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sudo apt-get install firestarter
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great software, thanks a lot! – silvo Jul 30 '10 at 18:24
I also recommend firestarter. – Stuart Aug 11 '10 at 16:20
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I've never taken time to understand iptables, but I believe gufw does the job. Even I was able to set up a firewall within a couple of minutes.

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gufw wraps ufw, not iptables, and doesn't support all of iptables' functionality. – lfaraone Jul 28 '10 at 20:47
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Try Firewall Builder.

sudo apt-get install fwbuilder
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+1 I like this, although it's somewhat more complex than Firestarter. It's targeted at multi-system administrators. – David Zaslavsky Jul 28 '10 at 21:10
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For most purposes, ufw (Uncomplicated FireWall) is an excellent way to build simple iptables firewalls. The rules produced are decent, though there may be features of iptables that you need that ufw doesn't cover.

sudo apt-get install ufw

It's a command line tool, but there is also gufw if you want a GUI version.

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