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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:07:11 -0400<br><div>> From: mattdm@fedoraproject.org<br>> To: firewalld-users@lists.fedorahosted.org<br>> Subject: Re: what are the advantages of firewalld over iptables?<br>> <br>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:54:54AM -0400, Patrick Hinkley wrote:<br>> > this is probably a silly question, but I haven't been able to find a<br>> > very good comparison outlining the advantages of firewalld over<br>> > iptables -- what are they?<br>> <br>> There are two big ones:<br>> <br>> - higher-level API programs can use<br>> - keeping track of state<br>> <br>> The classic example for the last one is that with firewalld, you can<br>> restart iptables without breaking all of your virtual machines.<br><br>Do I understand correctly that the state issue (failure to maintain established connections) is only relevant when restarting iptables (service iptables restart), not when e.g. adding/deleting a rule (iptables -A / iptables -D) or restoring (iptables-restore < /etc/sysconfig/iptables)?<br><br>> <br>> -- <br>> Matthew Miller<br>> <mattdm@fedoraproject.org><br>> Fedora Project Leader<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> firewalld-users mailing list<br>> firewalld-users@lists.fedorahosted.org<br>> https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/firewalld-users<br></div>                                            </div></body>
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