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Re:My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac O... by ludwigvan on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @04:28PM (#3375256)
Is there a downside to using the default firewall, if I don't want to do things like bandwidth-capping apps?
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Re:My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac O... by pyre on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @01:27AM (#3376573)
I'm thinking that by 'built-in firewall' he/she means the built-in firewall GUI interface. I'd be interested to know what LittleSnitch is doing if it isn't hooking into ipfw.
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Re:My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac O... by stock_toaster on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @02:28AM (#3376718)
Maybe I am remembering incorrectly, but I thought Apple switched to PF in Lion.
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