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How do I allow local subnets in ufw?

I recently got IPv6 connectivity at home and now I would like to allow connections to my home server via IPv6 from the LAN only. The trick is that the IPv6 address/prefix assigned to the server is ...
0
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1answer
121 views

How do I configure ufw to only allow outgoing/established connections for a IPv6 network?

How do I configure ufw to only allow outgoing/established connections for a IPv6 network? I am using an old computer with 12.04 installed to create an IPv6 router for my local network. I would like ...
2
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2answers
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How can I cancel all the current communication from particular IP in Ubuntu 12.04?

I am working on Ubuntu 12.04 firewall. I want to deny any IP on runtime. I am using "ufw deny from IP". It's working for future connections. But it is not cancelling the existing connections like ssh. ...
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0answers
253 views

Problems allowing outgoing multicast in ufw

I am having problems configuring the uncomplicated firewall (ufw) to allow outgoing multicast traffic. I am blocking all in and outgoing connections as the default policy. I have supplemented with the ...
0
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1answer
158 views

Can't open a port

I need to run an app on my computer which connects to local port 49100. So everything runs on one computer. I tried adding rules to gufw, firestarter, manually: sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ...
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0answers
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IP forwarding not working in Ubuntu 12.04 Server

I'm having trouble getting IP forwarding going in Ubuntu 12.04 server with UFW. I'm trying to get OpenVPN working. I have two interfaces, eth0 and tun0, and they can't ping each other. I've made the ...
6
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1answer
539 views

Block Ping from a specific IP

I am on a private LAN 192.168.1.0/24. My ip is 192.168.1.3, I want to block only ping requests from 192.168.1.2. I am running ubuntu 11.10. I found two links First tells how to block an IP but not ...
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2answers
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What are ICMP redirects and should they be blocked?

After enabling ufw and the Tiger security auditor, I see warnings saying: The system accepts ICMP redirection messages What are ICMP redirection messages? Should they be disabled for security ...
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1answer
214 views

Enforce outgoing port for a machine inside LAN

I'm running Ubuntu Server (natty) in as a gateway/firewall in front of a private network. I have successfully enabled IP forwarding and NAT so the machines behind the firewall can connect to Internet ...
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1answer
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How to connect to a CISCO VPN through UFW

I am running Ubuntu 11.04 (64 bits version) and would like to be able to get connected to the VPN server (CISCO) of my company. I am able to get connected to the VPN server when I disable UFW but, ...