On Apr 16, 2004, at 5:53 AM, Steven Lee Stinnett wrote:
I see stuff for OSX, any recommends for firewall to work with my Earthlink DSL and OS9.1?
No need for it at all. OS 9 doesn't have any services to exploit, so a firewall is simply not necessary. There's nothing they can do to you.
I usta agree, but no longer.
Some Macs are highly succeptable to DDoS attacks over broadband. Not the OS' fault, per se. hehehe. I took down a friend's PowerBook (OS 9.1) the other day - and I'm clamped at 256 Kbps upstream. So there is some merit in being able to turn off the ICMP responses.
Then there's the java app my housemate ran last night on her PowerBook G3 (OS 9.2.2). It tried to open 60 connections to ip's withing shockwave.com. I donno if it was intentional or spaz... An app-level firewall would have stopped this cold.
Bottom line: Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my. Script kiddies, malware, etc - they're out there. And Mac OS X viruses are coming. Ignore the situation at your own peril. Be prepared.
*shrug* - Dan.
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