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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 1291096" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>Technologist is DEAD on. It does not hurt at all to run the OSX firewall, especially if you are out and about. I don't care if the Hot Spot's router uses even SPI, that is only for the WAN, not the LAN. Anyone in the area on the LAN is still open to every other system on that LAN.</p><p></p><p>People can argue this all they want, but I have seen it proven over and over. Some routers only have NAT. A true HardWare firewall uses at least SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) or even better Deep Packet Inspection (DPI). Any decent Firewall that does not at least have SPI, I will not even bother with. So far only very expensive Firewall appliances have DPI though.</p><p></p><p>Any doubters out there come here and check my SPI Firewall logs and see exactly what it's blocking. And yes, I have a Firewall appliance. Works great! Picked it up at a Thrift Store for $5. It's worth close to $1000! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 1291096, member: 8287"] Technologist is DEAD on. It does not hurt at all to run the OSX firewall, especially if you are out and about. I don't care if the Hot Spot's router uses even SPI, that is only for the WAN, not the LAN. Anyone in the area on the LAN is still open to every other system on that LAN. People can argue this all they want, but I have seen it proven over and over. Some routers only have NAT. A true HardWare firewall uses at least SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) or even better Deep Packet Inspection (DPI). Any decent Firewall that does not at least have SPI, I will not even bother with. So far only very expensive Firewall appliances have DPI though. Any doubters out there come here and check my SPI Firewall logs and see exactly what it's blocking. And yes, I have a Firewall appliance. Works great! Picked it up at a Thrift Store for $5. It's worth close to $1000! :D [/QUOTE]
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