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| Overall Rating: |   (4.0) |
Features: | (5.0) |
Support: | (3.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (4.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (5.0) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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DANGEROUS: Throttled Turns OFF MOSX Firewall - Version: 0.5, 9/12/2008 06:39PM PST
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zunipus
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- Firewall works fine...
Their idea of support is calling them via whois phone #! - Version: 0.4.6, 7/17/2007 10:59PM PST
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moirex
This is a great product, an absolute must for those who want to run a Mac OS X server on a limited internet pipe. But if you don't like spending a day or more troubleshooting the program to try and get it to work this isn't for you...this wouldn't have been a problem if the support actually existed. There is NO support, I emailed them during business hours and got no reply. When I paid for the pro version of throttled I didn't even get my serial # until I did a whois on their domain and called them...if you rely on support then you may find it worth your time to avoid this product and all products this company makes as there is NO SUPPORT! But other then that this product is great, just takes some time getting used to how it works. TIP: If you have something like a FTP server which consumes a huge amount of ports like I did and which results in the throttled port being in use you will not be able to use the gui. Instead you will have to download the command prompt version, create the ipfw rules yourself and then start the throttled process yourself. It's not that hard if you don't mind reading the documentation and startup script for info on how to do both...
But again there is no support and since they seem to promise support this is a big no no to me...is anyone there?!
But again there is no support and since they seem to promise support this is a big no no to me...is anyone there?!
the throttled tools DO work with 10.4.3 - Version: 0.4.2, 12/26/2005 03:26PM PST
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Marty.Skinner
I too had some initial issues and questions about throttled (and Throttled Pro) on my Tiger system. But after doing some tests, examining the results and then sending an e-mail to the developer got everything working just fine.
The bottomline of why this product initially had trouble with my Tiger installation is that I already had several firewall rules in place. Throttled really doesn't know how best to automatically place its own rules within this context. For some it might work right away... for others the new firewall rules added may have no impact at all.
If you seem to find this product not "working", please examine your own firewall setups and try to place throttled's rules *before* other firewall rules that take effect even before the new ones get a chance. For me, I had to change my rule number to 00005 *and* delete a "check-state" from rule 00001, moving it to 00006. Throttled rules are now working for me.
The developer was very responsive to my e-mailed questions and suggestions for improvement. I couldn't ask for anything more.
/Marty
The bottomline of why this product initially had trouble with my Tiger installation is that I already had several firewall rules in place. Throttled really doesn't know how best to automatically place its own rules within this context. For some it might work right away... for others the new firewall rules added may have no impact at all.
If you seem to find this product not "working", please examine your own firewall setups and try to place throttled's rules *before* other firewall rules that take effect even before the new ones get a chance. For me, I had to change my rule number to 00005 *and* delete a "check-state" from rule 00001, moving it to 00006. Throttled rules are now working for me.
The developer was very responsive to my e-mailed questions and suggestions for improvement. I couldn't ask for anything more.
/Marty
Good stuff: I found setting up the CLI version of Throttled to be easy thanks to the very good notes that are provided within the script itself. Bravo! (Always be sure to keep a locked source copy of the provided script and only work on a copy). I had no problem running it and was quite pleased to find that Throttled installs a startup item so that the script reruns itself at each startup. Who needs the Pro version GUI? Not me!
However, I no longer use Throttled for one critical reason:
BAD STUFF: Throttled turns OFF the Mac OS X Firewall. My testing is only in 10.4.11. I will be further testing in Leopard. Why it does this is beyond my comprehension. The fact that it does this is DANGEROUS. No way am I using Throttled again until this nasty blunder is solved. It comes down to this: The possibility of my Mac being invaded and compromised is not worth minor speedups in Internet access.
Conclusion: Watch this software for a solution to the Firewall blunder. Meanwhile: DO NOT USE Throttle.
Caveat: Someone please find a workaround for this dangerous problem or prove to me that it is harmless. I'd like to champion this program.