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-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.
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.