LAN party network security (midwest.social)

submitted 1 month ago by pelotron@midwest.social to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Hey all. I'm heading to Quakecon 2024 tomorrow and will be repping the penguin. I've got all my games set up and ready, but was now wondering, are there any extra steps I should take as far as network security goes?

I'm sure I'm not as vulnerable to random badness as the flock of Windows machines that will be on the network, but you never know. The only thing on my list so far is to disable sshd. I thought about installing Portmaster but it has always messed up my DNS in the past...

I'll probably run Wireshark just to see if I can capture anything interesting there. Do you all have any other suggestions for prepping my PC?

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[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Checking the basics.. You got a firewall right? It's on? Ports closed?

Are you going to leave your pc unattended? At all?

[-] pelotron@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

Negative - that's why I was thinking of giving Portmaster another go but am open to any solution like that.

Yes the PC will be unattended for many hours at a time.

[-] pcr@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 1 month ago

You might find it helpful to look up "Evil Maid Attack" as you will be susceptible to that.

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