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Firewall management

nokky

I have just installed Sophos on Snow Leopard. Before having any anti-virus software installed, I had the native Mac OS firewall enabled under System Preferences. After installing Sophos, should I disable the built-in Mac firewall ? Thanks.

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    brvx wrote:

    If you are behind an NAT router, Network Address Translation (and most routers are), you don't need the firewall enabled. Being behind a router keeps you from being directly exposed. But do make sure the router firewall is on and that remote access is disabled or not allowed....

    Both links make very interesting reading indeed, and the advice to actually check the router's firewall can't be reiterated too often, because it appears Verizon, and perhaps other ISP's, supply routers with the firewall off (mine was), and the reason tech support gave when I asked why was that it reduced tech support calls.:smileysurprised:

    But turning the OP's question around, is there any harm in leaving the Mac's firewall on, even if it's just redundant?

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    brvx wrote:

    If you are behind an NAT router, Network Address Translation (and most routers are), you don't need the firewall enabled. Being behind a router keeps you from being directly exposed. But do make sure the router firewall is on and that remote access is disabled or not allowed....

    Both links make very interesting reading indeed, and the advice to actually check the router's firewall can't be reiterated too often, because it appears Verizon, and perhaps other ISP's, supply routers with the firewall off (mine was), and the reason tech support gave when I asked why was that it reduced tech support calls.:smileysurprised:

    But turning the OP's question around, is there any harm in leaving the Mac's firewall on, even if it's just redundant?

    :1016443
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