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  • Thank you everyone, also @bushvin@pathfinder.social @toikpi@feddit.uk.

    For example, if I open my settings (I'm on Ubuntu+KDE) I don't see any firewall settings to configure. So I expect this is automatically done by the OS, but maybe I'm wrong. A bit surprised that the system itself doesn't recommend using a firewall, to be honest.

    Many firewall tutorials start speaking about "your server". Then I wonder: is this really for me? I don't have a server. Or do I?

    I now see that the tutorial from @toikpi@feddit.uk gives a better explanation, cheers! So I see it's good to have a firewall simply because one connects to public wifis from time to time.

    I see that both UFW and firewalld are recommended... is it basically OK whichever I choose?


  • Thank you for the advice!

    Firewall on Linux is something I still don't understand, and explanations found on Internet have always confused me. Do you happen to know some good tutorial to share? Or maybe one doesn't need to do anything at all in distros like Ubuntu?

    Regarding ssh: you only mean incoming ssh, right?