[ifroed]

hi everyone!
for protecting my mac in the internet i want to use a SOFTWARE-firewall:
which product should i use? the mac os x 10.3.4 firewall, norton personal firewall 3.x or another product?
thank's for helping me,
ifroed

[johnd0e]

take a look here:
- BrickHouse costs around $25
(tutorial )
- NetBarrier X
- Firewalk X

[ifroed]

thanx for your help, but i knew already about these product; i wanted to know whats best and what protects my mac most efficiently.
and if i need to buy an extra firewall for protection or if the ipfw is enough.
any ideas?
ifroed

[johnd0e]

for my (sometimes a bit paranoid) needs, ipfw is more than enough.
additionally I also use paranoid android...

[ifroed]

thank you!
one last question: is norton/intego technically any better than ipfw?
f.

[johnd0e]

no problem...
sorry, but I don`t have that in depth knowledge of firewalls to answer your last question
I normally prefer to use open source products because they tend to be really well in in depth tested by a big number of programmers, not only one company. But that`s only my personal preference

[Martian]

I tried the Intego firewall, 2 years ago. The damn thing wouldnt allow my Mac to sleep and the SOBs at Intego tech support wouldnt respond. I finally got a refund directly through MasterCard.
I would think the best option is to get a HARDWARE firewall routers are so cheap now.

[johnd0e]

a hardware firewall is always in front of my lan.
i believe in (at least) double security lines....one firewall protecting my lan from the outside world and on each computer a firewall (and ids etc) to protect it against those people who are good enough to get over the first firewall.....