Existing users, 
even starting it from the admin account, it only showed the log for the admin account firewall ONLY so even if i went to the trouble of logging into the admin account to start it up, the only log/history info it showed was for admin activity not user account activity so that's pretty useless.... unless the guide/interface fails to instruct one HOW to start monitoring all Firewall log activities for all accounts -- which is possible because as one other reviewer mentioned, the documentation is so vague. but if it's only an admin monitoring app and if you only use your admin account (not recommended for security reasons) then you could test this out and get some add'l useful info. but if it's admin only and you're doing most of your day to day work in a user account, this won't serve much purpose.
seems to have some useful features but the guide and app itself is not user friendly; for experienced highly technical advanced users.
good thing it's free.
it is however easier to get started and interact with than so-called GUI interfaces for other recent opensource/shareware/freeware/commercial ... but that ain't sayin much.
WaterRoof
Firewall front-end with bandwidth management, NAT setup, logs, etc.
Version: 2.2
Only operates from the admin account - felicedep
I don't understand what you mean, really. This is not a content filter, but a ipfw firewall frontend. Logs are related to system network activity. The log file analyzed by WaterRoof is created by Mac OS X, no more and no less than what you should expect. There is no "user level" related activities that cannot/are not be logged. And of course you need an admin account to set up firewall rules...I think you are confusing content filters with network firewalls.
You should be an experienced user in order to understand and use a firewall.
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Tuesday, September 04 2007 @ 08:05 AM PDT