Hi. I wanted to know if it’s needed to install a firewall on a linux desktop/laptop. Why yes or why no?

  • slazer2au
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    139 months ago

    Yes, because while I trust my device, I do not trust the Chromecast or the WAP to not be an asshole and fuck with things.

    • @[email protected]
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      29 months ago

      You shouldn’t trust your device. Modern software is insanely complicated, even netbsd had an rce.

      • slazer2au
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        09 months ago

        Trust may be the worng word as Windows will be Windows but I know that no one is going to zero day my devices because I am not that high value of a target.

        • @[email protected]
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          09 months ago

          That’s a bad mentally as well. Most stacks these days are about quantity not quality. If you blindly hit 10000 targets it’s more profitable than trying to spear a single one.

          Akin to not wearing a seatbelt because you are unlikely to be killed by a sniper