Re: Firewall on Mac OS X

[Adam Richardson <adamrich () zip com au>]

Take a look at Firewalk X2.
http://www.pliris-soft.com/products/firewalkx/firewalkx.html

Cheers,
Adam



> OS X has a great built-in firewall (which you will recognize from freeBSD)
> ipfw.  It is usable via command-line and the System Preferences | Sharing
> GUI.
>
> Ryan Lowe
>
>
> >  I'm looking for recommendations for a firewall to use on a Macintosh
> >  running OS X. I'm running a demo of Netbarrier X and have a router in
> >  front of the Mac. Nothing ever comes through the router so I have no
> >  idea if the firewall offers any extra protection.
> >
> >  I also have a Sunblade 100 and need to install a firewall on it and
> >  thought sun's free firewall would be good.
> >
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