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Old November 29th, 2005, 01:48 PM
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firewall for mac?

what's a good one? i used Norton Personal Firewall for a long time with my g3, and liked it
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g4 15" osx 10.4.3
what's new for system 10?
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Old November 29th, 2005, 01:55 PM
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How about the built in Firewall in the Sharing PreferencePane.
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thanks for the tip, bob. is the built-in enough? is it just as good as norton?
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Old November 29th, 2005, 02:22 PM
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Unless you have top secret government data
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not yet.
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As we're on this subject, can someone explain to me how the built in firewall works? I just don't seem to understand if it's on or off... I think I need "Mac OSX Built-In Firewalll for Dummies"...
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It has a Start and Stop button. If the button says Stop, then it's on.

Use your Help Menu - search Firewall
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don't use norton. it has been well documented that norton screws more osx systems than it helps.. far more.
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