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Firewalld vs ufw

A side-by-side look at Firewalld and ufw. 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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ufw

ufw

Security & Privacy

ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) is a frontend for managing firewall rules in Linux. It aims to provide an easy interface for most common firewall operations while still allowing access to more complex configurations.

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