I have a single Debian 11.5 home desktop connected to the internet
Being clueless about running nftables, i replaced the default ruleset
on /etc/nftables.conf with the workstation.nft version from
/usr/share/doc/nftables/examples/
Is this sufficient for a home pc ?
is it worth investing time in learning and using firewalld ?
What is the easiest - yet effective - method to run a firewall
on my home pc ?
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is firewalld practical for a single debian 11.5 home pc
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Re: is firewalld practical for a single debian 11.5 home pc
Is your computer really connected to the internet, or is there a router with a firewall in between?
The question has been asked before:
viewtopic.php?p=746949
See Hallvor's comment and link.
See also Head_on_a_Stick's comments here.
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=152133&p=755447&hi ... ll#p755447
I tried the workstation ruleset but found that I couldn't see my printer on the network. I installed Firewalld just to play with and have the "home" zone enabled, and can see my printer, presumably because it has the mdns service enabled. Firewalld is easy to use if you must have a firewall - just elect your zone - but if course you will have to start learning if you need to open ports. The easiest option is to use the firewall on your router.
The question has been asked before:
viewtopic.php?p=746949
See Hallvor's comment and link.
See also Head_on_a_Stick's comments here.
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=152133&p=755447&hi ... ll#p755447
I tried the workstation ruleset but found that I couldn't see my printer on the network. I installed Firewalld just to play with and have the "home" zone enabled, and can see my printer, presumably because it has the mdns service enabled. Firewalld is easy to use if you must have a firewall - just elect your zone - but if course you will have to start learning if you need to open ports. The easiest option is to use the firewall on your router.