Im using linux for ±3 yrs and im pretty used to it. Im currently running nixos on my laptop. My question is what kind of hardening do i need firejail, apparmor, selinux, … all 3 of them ? none of them ? Thanks for the advice and have a nice day

  • @HerculesOP
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    28 months ago

    I meant firewalld im sorry

    • danielfgom
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      28 months ago

      Use UFW - uncomplicated firewall. Some distros install it by default. Its very easy to use whereas other firewalls are super complicated

      • @HerculesOP
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        28 months ago

        I currently use firewalld is their a diffrents in terms of security ?

        • @[email protected]
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          68 months ago

          I dont think so. Both UFW and firewalld are just frontends - they don’t actually do any work themselves. That is all handled by the iptables or the newer nftables kernel modules inside the kernel itself, the major difference will be in what rules they create but both should be able to create the same rules for either of these kernel APIs. UFW is what ubuntu uses by default I believe and firewalld what a lot of other distros use by default.

          • @HerculesOP
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            18 months ago

            Thanks this was a very usefull anwser!!!

        • Helix 🧬
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          8 months ago

          No, only the configuration syntax is different. If you know what you’re doing in configuring them both are fine.

    • Helix 🧬
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      18 months ago

      They’re pretty similar but firewalld allows more complex rules without resorting to plain iptables syntax. Try both and see what you like better.