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Mac Firewalls

Does anyone have any good opinions on a better firewall to use other then the pre installed one on mac osx. Possibly a freeware or opensource one that has good options for configurations. Thanks.

-Anthony
Mar 11 '09 #1
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Niheel
2,460 Expert Mod 2GB
Here's a list
  • Flying Buttress - Shareware
  • Doorstop X - Commercial
  • Firewalk X - Shareware
  • IPNetSentryX - Commercial
  • InterGate - Commercial
  • LittleSnitch - Shareware
  • NetBarrier X4 - Commercial
  • NoobProof - Source
  • Norton Personal Firewall for Mac - Commercial
  • WaterRoof - OpenSource

More information is available @ the following site:
http://seaotter.berkeley.edu/cab/mac-firewalls/

It's a bit dated, but we'll try to see if we can put together a fresh new one together.
Mar 12 '09 #2
Jyoti Ballabh
115 100+
I had some issues with the NetBarrier X4 and the Little Snitch? Do they still use it?
Jul 22 '10 #3

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