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Is there a downside to using the default firewall, if I don't want to do things like bandwidth-capping apps?
by ludwigvan 15y ago
Is there a downside to using the default firewall, if I don't want to do things like bandwidth-capping apps?
- ldar15 15y agoI sat at one BarCamp next to a security consultant and watched all the wireshark traffic between my Mac and everyone else. Firewall was on and locked down. My Mac responded (i.e. received, processed, replied) to SMB queries for example. Its a joke. Now I use ipfw directly and my Mac is a black hole.
- pyre 15y agoI'm thinking that by 'built-in firewall' he/she means the built-in firewall GUI interface. I'd be interested to know what LittleSnitch is doing if it isn't hooking into ipfw.
- stock_toaster 15y agoMaybe I am remembering incorrectly, but I thought Apple switched to PF in Lion.