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Mac Forum / General / General / August 2008Leopard Firewall
I've been reading about the Apple Firewall. It seems to me that it would be a good idea to turn it on and set it to option 3 where I can determine on an application by application basis what is allowed to have access to my computer. I'm looking for suggestions about how to implement this. How do some of you use the firewall and what kind of settings do you use? Is there a third party product that is better? Thanks! > I've been reading about the Apple Firewall. It seems to me that it would > be a good idea to turn it on and set it to option 3 where I can [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > settings do you use? Is there a third party product that is better? > Thanks! The granularity of firewall that's accessible from the System Preference panel doesn't really give you this sort of control. You'll have to go "under the hood" and use the command line which may be very painful for you (it was for me as the syntax doesn't match the man page). There are applications that manipulate the firewall (and thereby make the System Preference>Sharing>Firewall break): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24156 http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/31277 Most of the learning you'll need to do is basic IP. Read books (I like the O'Reilley books, but YMMV).  SignatureDeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... [I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically by ignored] > > I've been reading about the Apple Firewall. It seems to me that it would > > be a good idea to turn it on and set it to option 3 where I can [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The granularity of firewall that's accessible from the System Preference > panel doesn't really give you this sort of control. Well, actually, in Leopard it does. Are you thinking of Tiger? Signature<http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/election.shtml> Election 2008 goods. <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/greet.cgi> Holiday cards with attitude > I've been reading about the Apple Firewall. It seems to me that it would > be a good idea to turn it on and set it to option 3 where I can [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > settings do you use? Is there a third party product that is better? > Thanks! At home, I have a network of several Macs, some running Windows and Linux. I have a Netgear router with a built-in firewall that is the head of my network (connects to my cable modem and provides IP addresses to the entire network). Rather than running a firewall on each of my Macs, I rely on the firewall built into the router. The exceptions are laptops - for those, I run the Firewall in network locations other than "Home". SignaturePlease send all responses to the relevant news group. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. I do not read posts from Google Groups. Use a real news reader if you want me to see your posts. JR > > I've been reading about the Apple Firewall. It seems to me that it would > > be a good idea to turn it on and set it to option 3 where I can [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > The exceptions are laptops - for those, I run the Firewall in network > locations other than "Home". I err on the paranoid.. I run the router firewall *and* the firewall on the computers themselves.. Signature[P]eople [E]ating [T]asty [A]nimals |
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