should I turn on firewall
should I turn on firewall?
What are you expecting it to do?
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When you are at home, most home routers block unsolicited network connections. So only connections you intentionally setup would be allowed into your home, so unless you are that kind of geeky person that plays with router port forwarding, there is not a lot of work for a firewall to do, when you are at home.
The default setting is "off" which is what it should be, except for certain circumstances such as BobHarris explained.
I downloaded new Ventura update and noticed firewall is off. I've always wondered should I turn it on? I'm basically a novice user.
Thank You, that answered question.
should I turn on firewall