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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.

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