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Is simply enabling the firewall ufw (sudo ufw enable) sufficient enough for protection of the OS ? I mean should extra rules be added for 'better' protection, or is simply enabling the firewall enough for good results and protection from hackers or other stuff ?

With the output of sudo ufw status verbose I get

standard: Deny (icomming) / Allow (outgoing) and status: active

It's a bit confusing when some experts throw in that extra rules should be made, since uwf active without rules give absolute no protection.

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Have you looked at: askubuntu.com/questions/83830/what-rules-to-use-for-ufw (written for 11.10) – david6 Oct 25 '12 at 8:26
Do you really need to know specifics for each Ubuntu release? Best practices changes slightly with each release. – david6 Oct 25 '12 at 8:31

closed as not a real question by mikewhatever, Stephen Myall, con-f-use, Ringtail, belacqua Oct 25 '12 at 14:22

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