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I've looked in these two (1 & 2) Qs&As but didn't find an accurate and simple answer...

I'm on a variant of Ubuntu 10.04 and I want to configure my firewall in a way that it couldn't be attacked by non-sophisticated attacks, I have also installed Gufw...but I'm not sure if it's reasonable enough to just enable ufw, if you know a set of rules that fits the best for open environments(university with a lot of hackers!) like where I am, please let me know.

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what's the difference? I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 basically and I'm not Asking for tools configurations or anything that is different from simple Ubuntu, there's no difference when u want to configure an Ubuntu or a backtrack , the difference is the environment which i described.... – T0M XeOn LuCiFeR Aug 22 '12 at 10:32
The problem I see is that "best & most secure" is such a broad question that it would definitely be better off at either Unix & Linux SE or at ServerFault. There's nothing wrong it being here though, but I'd see that those two are the places for getting more sophisticated and detailed answers to this. It's my view only, of course. – zxcdw Aug 22 '12 at 10:40
why should i remove anything, it's a free world...it's just The CASE that i'm telling u there's no difference...so the case is if anyone knows something helpful to share or not... – T0M XeOn LuCiFeR Aug 22 '12 at 10:42
wacca mean by removing? – T0M XeOn LuCiFeR Aug 22 '12 at 10:57
@T0MXeOnLuCiFeR What he means is that this site(askubuntu) is not meant for questions about distributions which are forked off from Ubuntu. No Linux Mint or BackTrack questions belong here, even though the base system is otherwise near identical. They are not official derivatives like Xubuntu and Kubuntu are, and as such this site is not meant for questions about them. Removing the reference to Backtrack 5 R3 would alone make the question more fitting here. – zxcdw Aug 22 '12 at 11:09
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http://gufw.tuxfamily.org/ and/or https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gufw I would take into account a simple firewall "rule" of my own: "Allow" only the services you must have and "deny" everything else;) More useful info: http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Using_gufw_and_ufw_to_Configure_an_Ubuntu_11.04_Firewall Good luck!

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