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Firewalld vs Pi-hole

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

Firewalld

Firewalld

Security & Privacy

Firewalld is a firewall management tool for Linux operating systems. It provides a dynamically managed firewall with support for network zones to define the trust level of network connections and interfaces. Firewalld is the default firewall solution in latest Red Hat based Linux distributions.

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Pi-hole

Pi-hole

Network & Admin

Pi-hole is an open source DNS sinkhole and ad blocker that works at the network level. It allows users to block ads and trackers on all devices on their home network by redirecting traffic from ad-serving domains to a black hole.

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