# Recommended Firewall Default Rule Set

**URL:** <https://community.ipfire.org/t/recommended-firewall-default-rule-set/15613>\
**Category:** Firewall Rules\
**Created:** [21 March 2026 17:29 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/recommended-firewall-default-rule-set/15613 "2026-03-21T17:29:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![juan1964](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/juan1964/32/16479_2.png) [@juan1964](https://community.ipfire.org/u/juan1964)\
**Post date:** [21 March 2026 17:29 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/recommended-firewall-default-rule-set/15613/1 "2026-03-21T17:29:59Z")

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Is there an IPFire Guide that recommends to use/implement a default set of rules?

Thanks,  
Juan

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**Author:** ![alexand](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/alexand/32/16434_2.png) [@alexand](https://community.ipfire.org/u/alexand)\
**Post date:** [21 March 2026 17:42 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/recommended-firewall-default-rule-set/15613/2 "2026-03-21T17:42:57Z")

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> **[Creating Firewall Rules (reference)](https://www.ipfire.org/docs/configuration/firewall/rules)**

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**Author:** ![rjschilt](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/rjschilt/32/16338_2.png) [@rjschilt](https://community.ipfire.org/u/rjschilt)\
**Post date:** [21 March 2026 22:42 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/recommended-firewall-default-rule-set/15613/3 "2026-03-21T22:42:21Z")

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Hi @juan1964 I also like this article for a little extra hardening:

> **[www.ipfire.org - Firewall configuration recommendations for IPFire users](https://www.ipfire.org/blog/firewall-configuration-recommendations-for-ipfire-users)**

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**Author:** ![juan1964](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/juan1964/32/16479_2.png) [@juan1964](https://community.ipfire.org/u/juan1964)\
**Post date:** [23 March 2026 05:26 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/recommended-firewall-default-rule-set/15613/4 "2026-03-23T05:26:31Z")

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Thanks Alexander and Robertus