Hi Christian,
So If I go and buy the Imac I will not get the web and FTP server
with Tiger? Is this correct?
Many
As Alastair mentioned, you will get Web and FTP services through OS X
Tiger on your iMac and excellent Firewall as well. You asked at one
point about only being able to "Start/Stop" the Firewall service and
how to affect opening various ports. When you click on the Start
button of the Firewall in the Sharing Preferences, continue
navigating right and you will notice Vo read the word "Allow"
followed by a "Table". Interact with that "Table" and you can enable
and disable ports for applications accordingly. There is also the
facility to add a new port not listed. Consult the Help for details
on how to configure those ports. I will mention though that for the
most part, your Mac is not vulnerable to port attacks like Windows.
I believe that it was Alastair again that mentioned about needing to
type in an Administrator password in order to make any changes to
your system. So, in a nutshell, if you don't know why your typing in
that Administrator password, don't and you shouldn't have any issues.
Later...
