UFW KControl Module

UFW KControl Module is a KDE Control Center module to configure and control the Uncomplicated Firewall, as shipped with Kubuntu 10.10. The following features are supported:

1. Enable/disable firewall
2. Configure firewall default settings
3. Add, edit, and remove rules
4. Re-order rules via drag'n'drop

Currently the UI does not support UFW's application profiles.

What is new in this release:

• Add support for UFW 0.31 - thanks to ufw-frontends author Darwin Baustista for very kindly supplying a patch.

What is new in version 0.4.1:

• Fix loading of profiles.

What is new in version 0.4.0:

• Add a simple log file viewer.
• Save profiles into /etc/kcm_ufw - this way they are system-wide.
• Store rule descriptions in etc/kcm_ufw, as they are part of this kcm, not ufw itself.
• Block further actions, until current one is complete.
• Set size of policy combos in simple and advanced pages to the same size - to mimimize flicker. (Not sure why they have different sizes.)
• Make text field of simple port the same size as the combo.
• Change column order of rules list to "Action, From, To, ..."
• Make 'Add Rule' dialog non-modal, so that 'Log Viewer' and 'Add Rule' can be used concurrently.
• Shorten IPv6 address - if possible.
• Fix selection of host radio when editing rules.
• Fix installation of JPEG files for Spanish documentation.
• Default to installing all translations.

What is new in version 0.3.0:

• Add support for UFW application profiles.
• Remove Service and Application sections from "Add Rule" dialog. Merge the entries with UFW application profiles.
• Add more documentation, thanks to Donatas Glodenis.
• Clear all rules before resetting firewall.
• Use QDebug and not KDebug in helper.
• Show IPv6 in a separate column. Hide column if IPv6 support is disabled.
• Warn when disabling IPv6 support, and there are some V6 rules defined, that these will be removed.
• Can only define one interface per rule - not seperate source and destination.
• Double click rule to edit.
• Add a semi-transparent icons to kcm (to better indicate current firewall status), and as a background pixmap in add/edit dialog.
• Only set rules list column sizes after first non-empty list.
• Add a cmake option UFW_TRANSLATIONS, used to specify which translations should be built and installed. e.g. -DUFW_TRANSLATIONS="es;fr;lt"

What is new in version 0.2.1:

• Fix updating of rule log level.
• Fix setting of firewall defaults when firewall is enabled.
• Fix toggling of IPv6 disabling firewall.

What is new in version 0.1.0:

• Fix installation of spannish translation.
• Add Up/Down buttons to allow rule moving via keyboard.
• Indicate, in tooltips, that netbios_ns kernel module is for Samba, and pptp modules are for VPN
• Build list of installed netfilter modules, by scanning
• /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_*.ko
• /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_*.ko
• Adjust size of application/service combo when changed.
• Added option to give each rule a description.
• Fix setting of 'outgoing' rules.
• Reset contents of 'Add Rule' dialog before it is shown.
• Install a config file listing the default settings to be for; policies, logging, ipv6, and ipt modules.
• Provide some simple documentation.
• Move module into "Network Settings" category.

What is new in version 0.0.4:

• Fix kcm_ufw.pot to contain translatable strings from UI files.
• Fix duplicate 'Allow' label in default incoming policy combo.
• Fix setting of default outgoing policy.
• 'Limit' is not applicable to default incoming/outgoing policies.
• Add Spanish translation - thanks to "Kubuntu-es.org forum users"

What is new in version 0.0.3:

• Add install instructions.
• Add import/export of rules.
• Add ability to set some IP tables modules.

Requirements:

• KDE Plasma