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firewalld

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GPLv2-licensed software · Linux firewall management

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Integrations
The project lists NetworkManager, libvirt, podman, Docker using the iptables backend, fail2ban, and Puppet among supported integrations.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
Interfaces
firewalld provides a D-Bus API, command-line tools for online and offline configuration, a GTK3 graphical configuration tool, and a Qt5 applet.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
License
The project states that firewalld is licensed under GPLv2.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
Linux distributions
The project lists firewalld as the default firewall management tool in RHEL 7 and newer, CentOS 7 and newer, Fedora 18 and newer, SUSE 15 and newer, and openSUSE 15 and newer.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
NAT and policies
Policies can filter input, forwarded, and output traffic and perform network address translation.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
NetworkManager dependency
firewalld does not depend on NetworkManager, but without it the daemon may not learn about device renames or bind already active connections and manually created interfaces to zones at startup.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
Network support
It supports IPv4, IPv6, Ethernet bridges, and IPSet firewall settings.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
Outbound control
advancedfirewalld.org · read 22 Sep 2026
Persistent configuration
Runtime and permanent configurations are separate, and runtime-only changes do not persist after a reload or restart.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
Purpose
firewalld is a dynamically managed, stateful, zone-based firewall that organizes network traffic by trust level.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
Rule direction
bothfirewalld.org · read 22 Sep 2026
Rule management
Features include rich rules, timed rules, port forwarding, masquerading, ICMP filtering, and logging of denied packets.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
Runtime changes
Runtime firewall changes take effect without restarting the service or daemon.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
Security control
Lockdown mode can whitelist applications that are allowed to modify the firewall.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026
Support
The firewalld-users mailing list is described as a place to get help from upstream developers and community members, and GitHub is the preferred place to file issues.firewalld.org · read 10 Oct 2026

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