I personally would stick with the default firewall as it works and you don't want to mess something up and be insecure all of a sudden. This is just my opinion and I'm very very paranoid about these kinds of thing because of past experience and firewalls. It's nice though that you do have that kind of software should you need it.
Tc. On Jul 27, 2013, at 4:51 AM, Christian Schoepplein <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Am 26.07.2013 um 17:09 schrieb Christian Schoepplein <[email protected]>: >> I am looking for a useable firewall or networkmonitor for my Mac. I want to >> be able to see and to control which connections my Mac has opened / is using. > > Just to let you know, that I've found the app IceFloor and this is exactly > what I was looking for :). IceFloor is a firewall that uses the pf tool, > which is also used by the internal Mac OS firewall to build paket filtering > roules. But IceFloor is much more flexible and many more things are possible > as it is with the integrated firewall. > > With some inclouded tools you can also see which connections your Mac has > opened, parse the firewall logs, count your incomming and outgoing traffic, > etc. > > IceFloor is opensource, you can get it for free and it is perfectly useable > with VoiceOver :-). > > Ciao, > > Christian > >> >> -- >> Christian Schoepplein - <chris (at) schoeppi.net> - >> http://www.schoeppi.net/ >> >> >> >> > > -- > Christian Schoepplein - <chris (at) schoeppi.net> - > http://www.schoeppi.net/ > > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
