What is the difference between Cloudflare's 'Web Application Firewall' (WAF) and Cloudflare for Linux?

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What is the difference between Cloudflare's 'Web Application Firewall' (WAF) and Cloudflare for Linux?
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Cloudflare's WAF is a cloud-based service that analyzes HTTP traffic and blocks malicious requests. Cloudflare for Linux integrates the WAF functionality directly into your Linux server's firewall, providing a more localized and potentially faster response to web application attacks. They work together, with Cloudflare handling broader attacks and Linux handling more specific, application-level threats.