Ubuntu Linux Networking Commands

This is just a list of common Linux commands that I use on Ubuntu 20.04.

 


Show all open TCP sockets:

netstat -ntp

Block all incoming and outgoing ports ( you must open each port you want to use in combination with this ):

sudo ufw deny out 1:65535/tcp
sudo ufw deny out 1:65535/udp
sudo ufw deny in 1:65535/tcp
sudo ufw deny in 1:65535/udp

Open incoming and outgoing port for TCP & UDP ( using port 80 as example ):

sudo ufw allow 80

Open incoming and outgoing port for TCP or UDP only ( using port 80 as example ):

sudo ufw allow 80/tcp

sudo ufw allow 80/udp

Open incoming port only for TCP or UDP ( using port 80 as example ):

sudo ufw allow in 80/tcp

sudo ufw allow in 80/udp

Open outgoing port only for TCP or UDP ( using port 80 as example ):

sudo ufw allow out 80/tcp

sudo ufw allow out 80/udp

Open incoming and outgoing port range ( port ranges must only set TCP or UDP per firewall rule ):

sudo ufw allow 2082:2087/tcp

Open only incoming or outgoing port range ( port ranges must only set TCP or UDP per firewall rule ):

sudo ufw allow in 2082:2087/tcp

sudo ufw allow out 2082:2087/tcp

 

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