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>Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Firewall > Firewall Options… and check Block all incoming connections Thanks, but no, I need this one. The wh
by konart 8y ago
>Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Firewall > Firewall Options… and check Block all incoming connections
Thanks, but no, I need this one.
The whole guide is for people feeling paranoid.
PS: I'm not trying to say you should not make your machine more secure, but blocking\locking "all the stuff" is not a sane option either.
- pfschell 8y agoWhat do you need it for that it actually prevents? I've used this for close to a decade, and it has never broken anything. Sounds like FUD mate.
- ricardbejarano 8y agoI second this.
- idle_zealot 8y agoSsh and p2p stuff are two examples off the top of my head. For p2p, you lose the ability for peers to initiate a connection with you if you block incoming traffic.
- staticassertion 8y agoWhy not block all incoming connections except on those ports?
- konart 8y agoThat's what you usually do (preferably on your router if you are using one). But the article says "and check Block all incoming connections". That's my point.
- konart 8y agoI need it for... incoming connections obviously. P2P applications is the best example.
- garg 8y agoAre you running a server on your mac? If not, then who do you want to allow remotely connecting to your mac? Connections established/initiated by your machine still go through when you enable that setting.
- konart 8y agoTorrents, ssh on a daily basis. Some other stuff to experiment with from time to time.