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dfj225
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2004-08-11, 15:43

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Originally Posted by Mr Beardsley
Doug,

A couple points of clarification. I do not believe OS X ships with the firewall "on" by default. A default install of OS X doesn't listen on any ports, so there is no need for a firewall. That is in fact a better way to do things. Things will improve with XP firewall on, but they could have just defaulted the OS to stop listening on all those ports out of the box. (I think XP listened on 14 or so ports after a basic install. Its been a while since I checked though, so that's not 100%.)
Ah, you are right about the firewall being off. While having the ports closed is a good idea, I still think a firewall is necessary for any computer connected to a broadband connection.