Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?message-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-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-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoThere’s incoming and then there’s outgoing traffic. Software firewalls can forbid processes that may be advertised as “offline only” from reaching out; typically a hardware firewall doesn’t care about this kind of thing.
There’s incoming and then there’s outgoing traffic. Software firewalls can forbid processes that may be advertised as “offline only” from reaching out; typically a hardware firewall doesn’t care about this kind of thing.