Re: The firewall in Tiger

[Travis Siegel]

The firewall that comes with tiger is built on ipchain.  This is the  
same exact tool used by unix admins all over the world to secure  
their commercial boxes.  If configured properly, there isn't anything  
more secure than a properly configured ipchain box.  Since it works  
at the packet level, you can't get more fine grained control than  
that.  Of course, with this level of control, comes great  
responsibility, and a good deal of complexity, though apple has done  
their best to limit this complexity, and make it as easy to use as  
possible.  You need not worry that the apple firewall is anything  
remotely like the windows xp one.  If it's good enough for sysadmins  
in fortune 500 companies, it should be good enough for a home pc.