I have my my home server behind my router and have port forwarding for wireguard and Plex , do I even need ufw setup ?

  • SchmeepyDooDoo@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    /frantically googles UFW

    So ugh, I run Unraid and port forward plex and a valheim server.

    Should I figure this out too?

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      1 year ago

      Without going on a rant. UnRAID doesn’t really have a firewall, so you end up deping on a latlyer 2 firewall. And depending on your router, you may be SOL. When you port forward, you basically open the route on fron your router’s firewall. At that point, you depend on if the application is secure now the attack vector is as wide as the intention of the attacker. Unraid is a pain when it’s down to security anyways.

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    1 year ago

    Security operates in layers and ufw is a pretty simple layer to setup. Especially if you only have like one or two services you need exposed on a given system.

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      1 year ago

      Yes every host should only be exposing what it needs to be exposing. UFW is dirt simple too. The amount of protection you gain for the effort is huge