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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1535394"><p>For the OP, if you are using a wireless connection to your iMac, even though you can't take it to starbucks, if you don't put the firewall ON, you are vulnerable to external wifi users being able to get into your machine. If you turn on encryption on the link, the connections between your iMac and wireless router will be protected, and the firewall in the router will protect you from attacks from the Internet side, but with the firewall off in OSX, the iMac is vulnerable to wifi attack. The risk is low, but it costs nothing to turn the firewall ON, so why not do it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1535394"] For the OP, if you are using a wireless connection to your iMac, even though you can't take it to starbucks, if you don't put the firewall ON, you are vulnerable to external wifi users being able to get into your machine. If you turn on encryption on the link, the connections between your iMac and wireless router will be protected, and the firewall in the router will protect you from attacks from the Internet side, but with the firewall off in OSX, the iMac is vulnerable to wifi attack. The risk is low, but it costs nothing to turn the firewall ON, so why not do it? [/QUOTE]
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