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Originally Posted by Wikiwide View Post
There are rumours that any Linux has firewall built in, and the only thing you need, is to set it up (everything blocked, except the white-listed sites, and you have to trust these sites). And of course, keep Linux and all programs on it up-to-date. Install programs only from official repositories. Read manual thoroughly. The well-known flavours of Linux are: Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and maybe, some others.
Rumours? Nope. That's pretty much how I run my home network. Not sure what you're getting at on the whitelist point though... Total cost of protecting my Linux machines? £0.
 

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