WaterRoof - 1.8firewall front-end with bandwidth management, NAT setup, logs, etc. |
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Great tool 



- Version: 2.0, 12/20/2007 01:19PM PST
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Pandy
This program is great for configuring the firewall in Leopard. I never had a problem with Tiger's firewall, but with the new layout in Leopard I just couldn't get it to punch the holes I needed. This fixed that.
The author's explanation of how the new firewall works in Leopard (Appfirewall vs ipfw) on his website are also very useful.
The author's explanation of how the new firewall works in Leopard (Appfirewall vs ipfw) on his website are also very useful.
Great application, thanks. 



- Version: 1.8, 9/4/2007 07:57AM PST
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felicedep
This is a very nice tool for experienced users. It is a very rich and stable application. Net admins usually prefere to use the shell terminal to configure ipfw firewall on osx/freebsd, but with WaterRoof you can speed up it dramatically. The logging option is great, it's very easy to find entries and to make/understand stats. The manual is too vague, but if you want to use WaterRoof you don't need a good WaterRoof manual... you just need to learn how firewalls work.
This is really recommended to every net admin searching for a fast tool for configuring, testing and troubleshooting a firewall.
This is really recommended to every net admin searching for a fast tool for configuring, testing and troubleshooting a firewall.
Since 10.5 switched to the application-level firewall instead of network-level, the customization does not provide the necessary protections for those who may be running one form of a server or another (http, dns, mail, etc.)
Two thumbs up for this application, which once you get past the learning curve of the application and what it's doing, is the best I've tried so far.