Existing users, 
If they add function for controlling of incoming connections and a log tool, this program could blow away any competition like Norton, Firewalk, Brickhouse...
It's really surprising Mac users accept the fact they don't have as good firewall programs as PC users.
It's a joke to compare MAC Norton with PC Norton.
Little Snitch
Informs you when an app tries to establish an outgoing Internet connection.
Version: 2.2
MAC firewalls are really behind and 1998ich.
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Contributed by: MrBeGnt1 Friday, November 14 2003 @ 12:15 PM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
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MAC firewalls are really behind and 1998ich. - Wm. Cerniuk
The built in firewall is little more than a port restricter. Today, a "firewall" is expected to be an IDS (intrusion detection system) as well as able to log and perform automated counter measures. If you want a real firewall, NetBarrier. NetBarrier has a cut down (but useful) version of LittleSnitch within its rather large feature set and makes the built in Mac OS X firewall look like the token gesture it really is.Sunday, December 07 2003 @ 05:52 PM PST
MAC firewalls are really behind and 1998ich. - T A Z M A N
the firewall built in is perfectly fine for the mass users. most people don't host anything at all from a home machine and the simple hosting they do or might do with the built in tools most normal mass users would use the built in firwall is perfectly fine. Unlike Windows (swiss cheese protection) with it's multiple holes and open doors the Apple OS comes standard without any servers running and no holes to get into via the web. Unless the user turns on some form of sharing or hosting then non is available... windows has multiple services on right out of the box and all have exploits lol.IF you are a power user and are hosting things then you would be better with OS X server and that has a much more in depth firewall system and rightly so.
IF you are a power user hosting on standard mac os x (non server) you should have enough understanding of the unix side of the OS that a 3rd party firewall would be silly... it's built in and works great you just need to know how to configure it... if you care to learn you can do a search online for how to configure it... a good place to start for newbs would be http://macosxhints.com great info and great users
final word the OS has a firewall built in it's not obviouse to avg users cause you could wind up making a mess it has no GUI and doesn't really need one other than the one in the Sharing Preference Pane. if you need to make further configurations learn a little unix it won't hurt and in fact will help in many ways.
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Saturday, November 22 2003 @ 05:45 PM PST