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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