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    Applications for Mac

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by wave, Jul 4, 2007.

  1. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hello,

    I would like to know if OSX has a build in firewall and what featuers it has. I know the OSX is pretty secure and all but I sometimes connect to large LANs and I want to be able to filter some subnets so I can black their access. A black and white lists for subnets and IPs would be nice. Any Mac firewall program that can do this?

    Also the Virtual CD drive. OSX has one build in I know. What kind of image files /formats can it use?

    Thank you!
     
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  2. the caveman

    the caveman Notebook Consultant

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    yes my friend os 10 has built in firewall if you go to system preferences-sharing - internetr firwall, in there youll se what kinda fitures it has (its killer)
     
    the caveman, Jul 4, 2007
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  3. Budding

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    Never really looked at it in detail, but the OS X firewall does what it's meant to do pretty well. You can exempt certain ports and applications from the firewall, and it prevent intrusion attacks pretty well (if any).

    I haven't come accross a CD image yet which OS X does not recognise. I have been able to mount .dmg, .iso, .mdf and various other images just fine.
     
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