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Cloudflare vs netfilter

A side-by-side look at Cloudflare and netfilter. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Cloudflare

Cloudflare

Security & Privacy

Cloudflare is a content delivery network and DDoS protection service that aims to make websites faster and more secure. It acts as a reverse proxy, sitting between visitors and a website's server to cache static assets, apply security filters, and distribute traffic globally.

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netfilter

netfilter

Network & Admin

Netfilter is an open-source framework in the Linux kernel that allows network packet filtering, network address translation, and other packet mangling. It is a critical part of Linux's networking stack.

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