Minimal UFW Setup
UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) is a firewall software package that is a front-end to iptables that is easy to use initially and yet flexible enough for power users.
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There is much more to UFW but the above steps should get you going.
Removing Rules
You can disable or delete rules. The example shown here is two step,
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How I can put comments in the firewall rules and have it show up in the ufw status? Using applications.d. Will add details from here,http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jaunty/en/man8/ufw.8.html
Do you really need to enable the port to delete it? That was the only way the command worked for us, but then again we might have to use a different syntax for deleting a disabled port.
References
https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/serverguide/C/firewall.html - official docs from Ubuntu.