mokazemideleted by creator to Linux@lemmy.ml · vor 3 JahrenDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?message-squaremessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?mokazemideleted by creator to Linux@lemmy.ml · vor 3 Jahrenmessage-square87linkfedilinkfile-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-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·vor 3 JahrenI 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-squareMindlight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·vor 3 JahrenI’d rather have to open up stuff my self then have an uninvited visitor doing it without me knowing about it.
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·vor 3 JahrenWell sure, but I was commenting about the downsides
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