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Should I get a firewall appliance? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 5 months ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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I have a host name whose dns points to my home IP. I use this for game servers for my buddies. Should I be worried about my home IP being easily accessible like this, and should I get a physical firewall appliance to protect myself?

Servers are running Windows Server 2019 and Mac OSX.

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, don't expose Windows to the internet 😒

https://opnsense.org/ is a good system if you want an easy to install and open-source firewall.

Edit: no need to buy their official hardware. Any x86 system with two network ports will do.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, don’t expose Windows to the internet

It sounds like they're just exposing a game server, not windows.