Firewall in Panther?
Charles Martin
chasm at mac.com
Wed Jan 28 09:58:57 PST 2004
> From: Al Poulin <alpoulin at cox.net>
> Message-ID: <BC3C57A3.59E7%alpoulin at cox.net>
>
> My sister is buying an iMac G4. Does Panther include a firewall of any
> kind? If so, is a more robust software recommended to go along with a
> DSL
> modem hookup? Thanks,
Panther has a firewall built in, but turned OFF by default. It's under
the "Sharing" system preference pane.
I personally prefer a hardware firewall (like you get with a router),
but I've heard no bad reports about Panther's software one.
_Chas_
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