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firewalls not useful on macs? should I turn it off?
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<blockquote data-quote="macgig" data-source="post: 1767196" data-attributes="member: 16298"><p>read this quote below. does this mean the firewall is not doing anything so having it on is pointless? should I disable it? I've used macs for 27 years, this is the first time I've heard this. any thoughts on this are appreciated. </p><p></p><p></p><p>“In reality, firewalls aren't that useful for typical Mac users.</p><p></p><p>A personal computer firewall blocks incoming data and commands. But incoming data and commands need something running on your computer that is listening and waiting to receive them. Old Windows computers had a variety of system processes that listened for incoming information and did things with them. When malicious information was sent to these computers, bad things could happen.</p><p>But Macs don't have these sorts of processes that listen for general data or commands. They really aren't something that you find on modern computers. ”</p><p></p><p>Excerpt From: Gary Rosenzweig. “The Practical Guide To Mac Security.” iBooks. <a href="https://itun.es/us/ToHihb.l" target="_blank">https://itun.es/us/ToHihb.l</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macgig, post: 1767196, member: 16298"] read this quote below. does this mean the firewall is not doing anything so having it on is pointless? should I disable it? I've used macs for 27 years, this is the first time I've heard this. any thoughts on this are appreciated. “In reality, firewalls aren't that useful for typical Mac users. A personal computer firewall blocks incoming data and commands. But incoming data and commands need something running on your computer that is listening and waiting to receive them. Old Windows computers had a variety of system processes that listened for incoming information and did things with them. When malicious information was sent to these computers, bad things could happen. But Macs don't have these sorts of processes that listen for general data or commands. They really aren't something that you find on modern computers. ” Excerpt From: Gary Rosenzweig. “The Practical Guide To Mac Security.” iBooks. [url]https://itun.es/us/ToHihb.l[/url] [/QUOTE]
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