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Pro's and Cons of installing the JRE
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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 1326344" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>I didn't suggest that the firewall would solve JRE related security issues (it could though depending on how you use Java). I do however think it can be a good thing for people who move between networks and don't control the hardware there since a Mac, at any given time, has a variety of network services running that could potentially be exploited. A simple <em>lsof -i</em> will show you the variety of services that have opened sockets. I've got two alone on port 80 (the HTTP port).</p><p></p><p>It's off by default because theoretically, there are no open ports/services. The moment you open up a port, you should ensure that you have it protected. Given what I mentioned above about moving between networks (and note that the OP has a notebook), it can't hurt to look into using the firewall. And honestly, if the firewall wasn't needed, it wouldn't be included. It may be off for a reason but it's also included for a reason.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 1326344, member: 71075"] I didn't suggest that the firewall would solve JRE related security issues (it could though depending on how you use Java). I do however think it can be a good thing for people who move between networks and don't control the hardware there since a Mac, at any given time, has a variety of network services running that could potentially be exploited. A simple [I]lsof -i[/I] will show you the variety of services that have opened sockets. I've got two alone on port 80 (the HTTP port). It's off by default because theoretically, there are no open ports/services. The moment you open up a port, you should ensure that you have it protected. Given what I mentioned above about moving between networks (and note that the OP has a notebook), it can't hurt to look into using the firewall. And honestly, if the firewall wasn't needed, it wouldn't be included. It may be off for a reason but it's also included for a reason. [/QUOTE]
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