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what's better to manage ports? ufw or firewalld? (lemmy.ml)

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I'm trying to open a port for transmission but before I get to know either of the 2 options I'd like to know what you recommend and why.

OS is xubuntu 24.04

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

@merompetehla UFW and firewalld provide a higher level of control, which means that they are quicker to learn, easier for simple tasks but harder to use in more granular levels. Their setup is translated into iptables rules at the end. With Iptables or its successor Nftables, you'll need to invest a bit more time to learn but have a more granular level of control at the end. I hope this helps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

You could use it together with opensnitch