Do you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?

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Do you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?

Mohammad K. to

Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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

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1 year ago
Actually it’s Netfilter. IPTables is just a frontend.

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