From 994681f98e072326cfd2045d91bad463ee542379 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Spencer Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:20:10 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Adding link and explanation sentence * Added link to beginners guide to firewalld --- docs/guides/security/firewalld.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/guides/security/firewalld.md b/docs/guides/security/firewalld.md index cbe0db78c4..cbe6f3c007 100644 --- a/docs/guides/security/firewalld.md +++ b/docs/guides/security/firewalld.md @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ From the manual page: "`firewalld` provides a dynamically managed firewall with Fun fact: `firewalld` is actually a front end to the netfilter and nftables Kernel sub-systems in Rocky Linux. +This guide focuses on applying rules from an `iptables` firewall to a `firewalld` firewall. If you are really at the beginning of your firewall journey, [this document](firewalld-beginners.md) might help you more. Consider reading through both documents to get the most out of `firewalld`. + ## Prerequisites and Assumptions * Throughout this document, we assume that you are either the root user or have used `sudo` to become so @@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ You can list out the active zones on your system by using this command: !!! Note "Important: Active Zones" A zone can *only* be in an active state if it has one of these two conditions: - + 1. The zone is assigned to a network interface 2. The zone is assigned source IPs or network ranges.