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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 19:25:11 GMT |
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On 2015-04-05, Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote: > In article <coddf8Fehl6U10@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger ><jollyroger@pobox.com> 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. > > There's no need not to. Well it certainly won't *hurt*, although it can present obstacles if you want to share information between machines that are already behind a router firewall. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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