18th May 2017, 4:26
(This post was last modified: 18th May 2017, 10:58 by kdemeoz.
Edit Reason: Solved
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Hello
One of the first things i do after installing any distro is to install GUFW if not already present, then turn it on... accepting its default settings. Just now on my Tower i opened GUFW to check something, & was shocked, really shocked, to see that it was Off. I cannot grasp how this is possible, & i felt horrified.
1. What if any circumstances can arise that would deactivate GUFW? Can any of the causes be malicious? Can a system crash / freeze do this? Is there any way i can create some kind of automatic infallible screen alert if ever GUFW is inactive?
2. To what extent might my Tower have been vulnerable / compromised [given that i used to regard GUFW as "set & forget", i have not checked it for possibly several months, & so now i feel quite anxious about the implications of this shock discovery]?
Thanks.
One of the first things i do after installing any distro is to install GUFW if not already present, then turn it on... accepting its default settings. Just now on my Tower i opened GUFW to check something, & was shocked, really shocked, to see that it was Off. I cannot grasp how this is possible, & i felt horrified.
1. What if any circumstances can arise that would deactivate GUFW? Can any of the causes be malicious? Can a system crash / freeze do this? Is there any way i can create some kind of automatic infallible screen alert if ever GUFW is inactive?
2. To what extent might my Tower have been vulnerable / compromised [given that i used to regard GUFW as "set & forget", i have not checked it for possibly several months, & so now i feel quite anxious about the implications of this shock discovery]?
Thanks.