Mohammad K. to [email protected] • 9 months agoDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?message-square79fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?Mohammad K. to [email protected] • 9 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
Hi. I wanted to know if it’s needed to install a firewall on a linux desktop/laptop. Why yes or why no?
minus-squareRaivoKullilinkfedilink7•9 months agoI guess a downside is having to fiddle with it, allowing stuff you want to get through. Sometimes it blocks stuff you don’t want blocked
minus-squareMindlightlinkfedilink4•9 months agoI’d rather have to open up stuff my self then have an uninvited visitor doing it without me knowing about it.
I guess a downside is having to fiddle with it, allowing stuff you want to get through. Sometimes it blocks stuff you don’t want blocked
I’d rather have to open up stuff my self then have an uninvited visitor doing it without me knowing about it.
Well sure, but I was commenting about the downsides