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Mayurkhe
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 Are there any Firewalls in MAC?
Firewalls, Mac OS X
Are there any Firewalls in MAC? If Yes, How are they differnent from Windows Firewall.

If No, How does MAC handle the risks of Attacks and intrusions?

 



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ASKED: January 15, 2010  9:58 AM
UPDATED: May 10, 2010  11:56 AM
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mac has firewall , they are not different from windows their basic work is to control connections made to your computer from other computers,for Mac instead controlling it by ports it by per application and it doesnt affect their appletalk protocol..i hope i answered your question Yes it does but software based firewall pre-installed and configured for optimum performance. basically they are doing same works as windows firewall does but customizable.
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Can somebody elaborate this with an example?

Mayurkhe
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Mayurkhe, the firewall
 conecpt is the same. Different firewall programs or firewalls from different operating systems could have different features or user interfaces, but in general they share the same goal: block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications.

Is there something specific you would want to see an example of ?

Using a firewall to protect your computer (Mac OS X Help)

carlosdl
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