ufw

[anonprivate]

Hello,

I have just noticed that the firewall (ufw) is inactive.

Should I activate it, or will this lead to many complications?

Regards

[claydoh]

Are you connected to a router? If so, you probably do not need the redundancy and potential conflicts of running a software firewall behind the hardware one.

[anonprivate]

I connect to the internet via wi-fi and to a router

[claydoh]

Then you do not need to enable it, as the router handles all that for you.

[anonprivate]

Thank you.

I don't own the router so I don't know how its configured. The person who does own it is not computer literate. Hope the defaults are in place

Best wishes

[claydoh]

They probably are. Most home wifi routers are designed with this in mind.

[GreyGeek]

You can check your vulnerability using the following link:
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2