Timeline for Is it dangerous to install Debian with an active internet connection?
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| Jul 22, 2022 at 19:04 | comment | added | LSB | @muru ah yes, but I would expect that an operating system would block all network traffic during installation, except that which is strictly necessary for installation. These comments in the Securing Debian Manual made me question that. But you make a good point that my own computer's firewall (or lack thereof) is not the only layer of protection. 🙂 | |
| Jul 22, 2022 at 18:56 | vote | accept | LSB | ||
| Jul 14, 2022 at 7:50 | comment | added | muru | There's "active internet connection" as in one that allows unfiltered ingress and egress, and there's "active internet connection" as in your typical home internet setup which likely doesn't have any way for some rando in the internet to directly establish a connection to your system, because of your router's basic firewall, NAT, CGNAT and what not. Sure some lucky people might be getting a public IP from their modem or whatever, but in practice ... | |
| Jul 14, 2022 at 7:42 | history | edited | muru | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 14, 2022 at 7:00 | answer | added | Stewart | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 13, 2022 at 20:37 | answer | added | Marcus Müller | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 13, 2022 at 18:56 | history | edited | LSB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Jul 13, 2022 at 18:53 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Jul 13, 2022 at 18:53 | history | asked | LSB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |