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BuriaL:
A friend of mine asked me what sort of firewall to get on a mac.
I dont know anything about macs. Dont know anyone else that have one ether.

Suggestions?

Lumiinous:
Just use a router, if not already using one. Hardware firewall.

Honestly, I wouldn't even be using a software firewall if not for the one built into Windows, but it never bugs me and I've never had any problems with it, so I saw no reason to disable it.

But yeah, basically, if he's behind a router, he's also behind a firewall.

SirSkyRider:
Basically, software firewalls are pretty useless. So having a router should be perfectly fine.

If he wants to close certain ports, he can do so via the Terminal app.

Xiong Chiamiov:
A quick search tells me that not only is there an iptables-type application preinstalled on OS X, but also an included GUI for it.

geoffreak:
Hardware firewall. Software firewall.

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