[mythtv-users] Usefulness of firewall (Was: firewalld settings to allow mythtv to work?)

[James]

> On 10 Aug 2022, at 11:33 pm, Simon <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> If you have a modem/router and you are running an ipv4 network at home then any firewall within your network is totally without any value what so ever.
> 
> I disagree - (almost) totally.

Actually I agree (I had not considered SOUP)

Stephens comment

> I have a separate IoT subnet where I put all my untrusted devices.
> That subnet has Internet access, but the only access it has to the
> rest of my network is to the DNS and NTP servers - anything else is
> blocked.  The parts of my network that are trusted can talk to the IoT
> subnet to access the devices as required.  The WiFi SSID on the IoT
> subnet is set up to disallow devices from talking to each other.

But I need to think, offhand I don't see the ubiquitous modem/router being flexible enough to achieve this.

James
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