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ufw is stands for Uncomplicated Firewall, this program is for managing a Linux firewall and aims to provide an easy to use interface for the user, as well as support package integration and dynamic-detection of open ports. ufw  is not intended to provide complete firewall functionality via its command interface, but instead provides an easy […]

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What is Port Forwarding?
Port forwarding is a feature of the IPTables system. It allows one computer to forward connections made to it so that another computer can actually process the request. If you want a very simple metaphor you can think of it as mail forwarding. Each computer has a number of […]

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In Linux there has a number of useful bandwidth monitoring tools such as nload, netwatch, iftop, trafshow, bandwidthd, vnstat. If all you need is a basic overview of your total bandwidth usage, iptables is all you really need. Usually we use iptables for setting firewall and port forwardings, but iptables also provides packet and byte […]

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