Hello! I have recently decided to try out Fedora. One of the first problem I ran across is the firewall. I have downloaded "Firewall" app from Software, so I have some GUI. But I can't really orient there. Where do I set incoming / outgoing rules? Everything I see there are some protocols. Could somebody show me the basic setup, so my computer is protected? I tried searching in Google, but I didn't find anything meaningful.
Thanks
I assume you used the workstation install. In that case, firewalld is installed and enabled and your computer is secured by default.
Are you behind a router? if so, are any ports open on it? if not, then anything open on the computer is not really relevant, is it?
I also looked a lot for a basic guide and could not find anything, There is no answer to the question at the moment.
Check here for help on Firewalld and configuration of your firewall or for a brief overview and setup help man firewalld
For more detailed information on firewalld, I would suggest looking at the firewalld documentation as well.
Asked: 2017-05-10 06:17:07 -0600
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Each gui will have different panels, options and so forth, it depends on the desktop environment you use. To tell you to click or type a specific command, is going to be difficult. Are you trying to open ports, for specific ip to have traffic to and from the internet? What do you wish to accomplish? I use cinnamon as my desktop and the firewall settings in the system control center are fairly easy to understand, so knowing what desktop you use, could help someone give a good answer to your question.