You just have to hope that Apple doesn't do what it's already tried and allow its own apps to bypass the TCP/IP stack filtering and firewalling. And then backp

You just have to hope that Apple doesn't do what it's already tried and allow its own apps to bypass the TCP/IP stack filtering and firewalling. And then backpedal furiously and say that it was "a temporary measure while some apps were getting fixes and updates". Huh - not sure why TextEdit.app ever needed a kernel extension but maybe they're right, and it wasn't just a BS excuse.