Re: [Trisquel-users] Close ports without UFW

[mampir]

In what use case can the firewall give you significant protection, when your  
system is already compromised?  If you run a malicious program, that program  
is be able to do anything you can.  If you are the one who installs and  
enables the firewall, then the malicious program can disable it.

A firewall allows you to more easily control network connections, but it  
definitely isn't something essential for a typical system.