Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?message-squaremessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square73fedilinkfile-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-squareJagger2097@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoLinux with no services? That’s not a usable system for anyone who would ask “do I need a firewall” Systemd is a service that runs logind. What are you doing without them?
minus-squarerwhitisissle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI think by services they mean self-hosted, web-based services, or things like sshd - services which work by actively serving connections on a particular port or ports.
Linux with no services? That’s not a usable system for anyone who would ask “do I need a firewall”
Systemd is a service that runs logind. What are you doing without them?
I think by services they mean self-hosted, web-based services, or things like sshd - services which work by actively serving connections on a particular port or ports.