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A (semi serious) review of my new Mac Pro 2013, from a Windows user perspective
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1919550" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Just about no one (who knows what they are doing) uses the built-in Mac OS firewall. Why? Because just about every router has a built-in hardware firewall. Just make sure that it is enabled and you are golden. You don't need two firewalls running, and since the Mac OS's firewall is a software firewall, by definition it has to be using at least some overhead and to some extent impact performance.</p><p></p><p>I've been using a Mac for more than three decades. In all that time, after being in contact with many thousands of Mac users, I've yet to hear even one believable case of someone having their Mac hacked into. In fact, in hacking competitions, the Macs have traditionally been so secure that the contest had to allow the contestants to have physical access to the Macs so that they could have some hope of hacking into them.</p><p></p><p>Also, and I know that I'll get pushback on this, but in any case, a firewall is probably entirely unnecessary on a Macintosh.</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></p><p>But Macs don't have these sorts of processes that listen for general data or commands. Macs are built from the ground up with security in mind.</p><p></p><p>Citations:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thesafemac.com/do-i-need-a-firewall/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://appletoolbox.com/mac-firewall-what-is-it-do-you-need-it-how-to-use-it/[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/205108/your-mac%e2%80%99s-firewall-is-off-by-default-do-you-need-to-enable-it/" target="_blank">Your Mac’s Firewall is Off By Default: Do You Need to Enable It?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/205108/your-mac’s-firewall-is-off-by-default-do-you-need-to-enable-it/" target="_blank">https://www.howtogeek.com/205108/your-mac’s-firewall-is-off-by-default-do-you-need-to-enable-it/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1919550, member: 190607"] Just about no one (who knows what they are doing) uses the built-in Mac OS firewall. Why? Because just about every router has a built-in hardware firewall. Just make sure that it is enabled and you are golden. You don't need two firewalls running, and since the Mac OS's firewall is a software firewall, by definition it has to be using at least some overhead and to some extent impact performance. I've been using a Mac for more than three decades. In all that time, after being in contact with many thousands of Mac users, I've yet to hear even one believable case of someone having their Mac hacked into. In fact, in hacking competitions, the Macs have traditionally been so secure that the contest had to allow the contestants to have physical access to the Macs so that they could have some hope of hacking into them. Also, and I know that I'll get pushback on this, but in any case, a firewall is probably entirely unnecessary on a Macintosh. 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. Macs are built from the ground up with security in mind. Citations: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thesafemac.com/do-i-need-a-firewall/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://appletoolbox.com/mac-firewall-what-is-it-do-you-need-it-how-to-use-it/[/URL] [URL='https://www.howtogeek.com/205108/your-mac%e2%80%99s-firewall-is-off-by-default-do-you-need-to-enable-it/']Your Mac’s Firewall is Off By Default: Do You Need to Enable It?[/URL] [URL]https://www.howtogeek.com/205108/your-mac’s-firewall-is-off-by-default-do-you-need-to-enable-it/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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