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cis-ubuntu1204-v110-7-7

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Ensure Firewall is active

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7.7 Ensure Firewall is active (Scored)

Profile Applicability

  • Level 1

Description

IPtables is an application that allows a system administrator to configure the IPv4 tables, chains and rules provided by the Linux kernel firewall. ufw was developed to ease IPtables firewall configuration.

Rationale

IPtables provides extra protection for the Linux system by limiting communications in and out of the box to specific IPv4 addresses and ports. Ubuntu provides UFW to ease firewall configuration.

Audit Procedure

Using Command Line

Ensure ufw is active:

ufw status

Expected Result

Status: active

Remediation

Using Command Line

Activate ufw:

ufw enable

Ensure that any needed ports, such as ssh access, are configured properly first.

Default Value

UFW is inactive by default.

References

  • CIS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server Benchmark v1.1.0

Profile

Level 1 - Scored