Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?message-squaremessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squareDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square78fedilinkfile-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-squarecorey389@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoLinux comes with a default firewall it’s called IPtables/NFtables, Just make sure that it’s on. Example I Ubuntu Sudo ufw enable.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoLinux is a kernel. The actual tooling varies and isn’t always preinstalled
minus-squareFrostyPolicy@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoActually it’s Netfilter. IPTables is just a frontend.
Linux comes with a default firewall it’s called IPtables/NFtables, Just make sure that it’s on. Example I Ubuntu Sudo ufw enable.
Linux is a kernel. The actual tooling varies and isn’t always preinstalled
Actually it’s Netfilter. IPTables is just a frontend.