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Going to switch. Mac concerns.
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<blockquote data-quote="shadov" data-source="post: 15812"><p><strong>firewall</strong></p><p></p><p>OS X uses <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html" target="_blank">ipfw</a> firewall from FreeBSD. It has simple GUI frontend or you can make your own script if you need something more complex. You can find tons of good tutorials with google. I think there are third party GUI tools that offer more functionality than the standard tools if you don't want to get your hands dirty with scripting, but I haven't looked into it.</p><p></p><p>I believe OS X differs from Windows same way Linux and BSD do. <strong>You can usually trust your own machine.</strong> No need for complex two way firewalls most of the time. Just let everything out and related and established connections in. Then punch holes for any services you are offering to outside world and keep track of latest security updates.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shadov, post: 15812"] [b]firewall[/b] OS X uses [url=http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html]ipfw[/url] firewall from FreeBSD. It has simple GUI frontend or you can make your own script if you need something more complex. You can find tons of good tutorials with google. I think there are third party GUI tools that offer more functionality than the standard tools if you don't want to get your hands dirty with scripting, but I haven't looked into it. I believe OS X differs from Windows same way Linux and BSD do. [b]You can usually trust your own machine.[/b] No need for complex two way firewalls most of the time. Just let everything out and related and established connections in. Then punch holes for any services you are offering to outside world and keep track of latest security updates. [/QUOTE]
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