Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?message-squaremessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareDo you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-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-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoYes, because while I trust my device, I do not trust the Chromecast or the WAP to not be an asshole and fuck with things.
minus-squareJagger2097@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYou shouldn’t trust your device. Modern software is insanely complicated, even netbsd had an rce.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoTrust may be the worng word as Windows will be Windows but I know that no one is going to zero day my devices because I am not that high value of a target.
Yes, because while I trust my device, I do not trust the Chromecast or the WAP to not be an asshole and fuck with things.
You shouldn’t trust your device. Modern software is insanely complicated, even netbsd had an rce.
Trust may be the worng word as Windows will be Windows but I know that no one is going to zero day my devices because I am not that high value of a target.