Fire notes on firewall
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- SSH
- Disable root login
- SSH Keys
- Firewall
- `ufw`
- https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/blog/article.php?article=posts/047-Linux-Security-Part-1.html
### Setting up a firewall
Firewalls control how data is allowed to travel in and out of your computer. In Ubuntu, a firewall called `ufw`, the 'uncomplicated firewall' is already present. It acts as a nice front-end to `iptables`, which I find to be difficult to understand and use. We will be using that as our firewall. If for some reason it is not installed already, install it like so: