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

    • NaN@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Is syncthing listening on all addresses, or only loopback? A firewall would block it, sure, but that would also be bad design.

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      1 year ago

      Good point, but syncthing only listens on localhost as others have said too.
      However it still is a network service that can have vulnerabilities, besides many others like KDE Connect (which may be a target as one of its purposes is remote control and monitoring) or a bittorrent client