Hi. I wanted to know if it's needed to install a firewall on a linux desktop/laptop. Why yes or why no?

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There's incoming and then there's outgoing traffic. Software firewalls can forbid processes that may be advertised as "offline only" from reaching out; typically a hardware firewall doesn't care about this kind of thing.