Linux – How to allow outbound traffic with UFW

Ubuntu 10.04 | VPS

Hi guys, I'm setting up a VPS server running Ubuntu 10.04 and I presently just want to allow ssh.

I thought the following ufw commands would work…

ufw default deny
ufw allow 22
ufw allow from <local IP of vps>
ufw enable

SSH works fine. But established sessions seem to be blocked — the vps host can't ping other servers, perform DNS queries, etc. How do I tell ufw that it's OK for the server to send OUTBOUND requests anywhere while still remaining protected?

In response to andol's question, here are the results of ufw status verbose:

Status: active
Logging: on (low)
Default: deny (incoming), allow (outgoing)
New profiles: skip

To                         Action      From
--                         ------      ----
10022                      ALLOW IN    Anywhere
Anywhere                   ALLOW IN    <local IP>

Obviously the second rule is wrong so I deleted it and the problem still persists.