Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year 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 · 1 year 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-squarerwhitisissle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.
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.