Do you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?
Do you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?
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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If your computer is connected to a network, I don't see any downside of enabling a firewall. It's a good security layer to have and costs basically no resources to keep running.
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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
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I'd rather have to open up stuff my self then have an uninvited visitor doing it without me knowing about it.
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Well sure, but I was commenting about the downsides
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