On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Iyanaga Nobumi wrote: > Now, I am wondering if it is really necessary to set my Firewall "On" > on a machine such as mine: it is connected to Internet permanently by > the optical fiber, but it runs no server at all, and I use it strictly > for my personal work...
Yes, you should, even -- maybe especially -- if you're not running any servers. Think of it the other way around: why allow unregulated traffic to flow into and out of your computer? Especially considering that you have a high speed connection to the internet, there's few good reasons to allow strangers unfirewalled access to your computer. If some specific application breaks down because the firewall is on, you can "punch a hole" in the firewall by going into the Firewall tab of the Sharing panel in System Preferences, but as a rule of thumb, it's generally considered best to leave the firewall turned on and with as few open ports as you can get away with. > And perhaps adding "Passive => 0" to my "Net::FTP->new" line (like > the following line...: > > $ftp = Net::FTP->new($domain, Debug => 0, Passive => 0) > > ) would solve the problem? Yes, this sounds like the fix you're looking for. -- Chris Devers
