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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: how hardened is a macbook laptop default
Date: 5 Apr 2015 18:33:12 GMT
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On 2015-04-05, Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Apr 2015 09:08:29 -0400
> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> If you're setting up a Mac on a network behind a private router/WiFi 
>> there is no need for a firewall against unknown threats so a default
>> of off is not (generally) an issue.
>
> That's bad advice

No it's not. There's absolutely no need  to run the OS X firewall on a
Mac that is already sitting behind a router with its own firewall.

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