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Do I need a firewall for my fedora 38?

I'm new to Linux, previously been on Windows where I used defender + Windows firewall. Now I'm on fedora which also have its firewall called firewalld. Are those sufficient, or do I need any other solutions for my security?

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[–] Harry_h0udini@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Uncomplicated Firewall is easy to setup and understand. It blocks traffic and allows it. Install UFW

sudo apt install ufw

My recommended(Chris Titus)

`sudo ufw limit 22/tcp

sudo ufw allow 80/tcp

sudo ufw allow 443/tcp

sudo ufw default deny incoming

sudo ufw default allow outgoing

sudo ufw enable`

Is this enough?

[–] zenharbinger@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is fedora, I would stick with firewalld.

sudo dnf install firewalld

sudo systemctl enable --now firewalld

sudo firewalld-cmd --add-service --permanent ssh

sudo firewalld-cmd --add-service --permanent https

sudo firewalld-cmd --add-service --permanent http

sudo systemctl restart firewalld