Mohammad K. to [email protected] • 1 year agoDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?message-square79fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?Mohammad K. to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-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-square@corey389link19•edit-21 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 year agoActually it’s Netfilter. IPTables is just a frontend.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoLinux is a kernel. The actual tooling varies and isn’t always preinstalled
Linux comes with a default firewall it’s called IPtables/NFtables, Just make sure that it’s on. Example I Ubuntu Sudo ufw enable.
Actually it’s Netfilter. IPTables is just a frontend.
Linux is a kernel. The actual tooling varies and isn’t always preinstalled
It’s unnecessary.