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Firewalld

firewalld is a firewall management tool for Linux operating systems. It provides firewall features by acting as a front-end for the Linux kernel's netfilter framework. firewalld's current default backend is nftables. Prior to v0.6.0, iptables was the default backend. Through its abstractions, firewalld acts as an alternative to nft and iptables command…

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Developers
Eric Garver, Thomas Woerner, Red Hat, Inc.
License
GNU General Public License 2
Operating system
Linux
Platform
Netfilter
Release
January 3, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-01-03)
Repository
github.com/firewalld/firewalld.git

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Firewalld

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples31
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

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Firewalld

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related to Features · 10
Firewalld → Administrators, D-Bus, Ethernet, IP, IPv4, IPv6, Network Manager, Services, There, Wi-Fi
related to Graphical front-ends (GUIs) · 4
Firewalld → GNOME Desktop’s, GTK, It, Qt
related to Adoption · 2
Firewalld → Free, Linux
related to External links · 2
Firewalld → English, Spanish
Developers · 1
Firewalld → Eric Garver, Thomas Woerner, Red Hat, Inc.
License · 1
Firewalld → GNU General Public License 2
Operating system · 1
Firewalld → Linux
Platform · 1
Firewalld → Netfilter
Release · 1
Firewalld → January 3, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-01-03)
Repository · 1
Firewalld → github.com/firewalld/firewalld.git

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firewall linux default iptables features system netfilter python red hat backend operating written services service support like optionally front-end framework

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FirewalldDevelopersEric Garver, Thomas Woerner, Red Hat, Inc.1.00infobox
FirewalldLicenseGNU General Public License 21.00infobox
FirewalldOperating systemLinux1.00infobox
FirewalldPlatformNetfilter1.00infobox
FirewalldReleaseJanuary 3, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-01-03)1.00infobox
FirewalldRepositorygithub.com/firewalld/firewalld.git1.00infobox
FirewalldStable release2.5.1 / 7 August 2026; 17 days ago (7 August 2026)1.00infobox
FirewalldWebsitewww.firewalld.org1.00infobox
FirewalldWritten inPython1.00infobox
Firewalldis afirewall management tool for Linux operating systems0.90text
NIST 800-171instance offirewalld does not block outbound traffic as required by standards0.80text
800-53instance offirewalld does not block outbound traffic as required by standards0.80text

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