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Re:ReactOS, a 17-year quest for an open-source Windows, has ... by DanBC on Thursday December 17, 2015 @06:36AM (#10750862)
> While there are many claims that Linux does not need a firewall, I do not agree.

Aren't the claims more like "you shouldn't run the firewall on the same machine that you want to be firewalled"?

I know that programs like Windows Firewall or Little Snitch (OSX) are good enough for most stuff, but when they're not good enough you're going to regret not having a seperate firewall.

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Re:ReactOS, a 17-year quest for an open-source Windows, has ... by restalis on Thursday December 17, 2015 @08:01AM (#10751193)
A local firewall can be set up along with an external firewall. Having a firewall only somewhere on a separate machine doesn't address the use-case alok-g described - he (and many others including myself) may want to "easily control which application can access the Internet".
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