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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Madison, WI
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Recently, the University of Wisconsin-Madison started offering its students and facilty free liscenced copies of Norton Personal Firewall for both Mac & PC. I can see the necessity of a piece of software like this for an WinXP machine, but as a proud owner of a new G4 Powerbook, is the Norton Firewall software really needed?
I have a copy of Norton Antivirus installed on my Powerbook as part of the same program. My concern is that the Norton firewall will just add a level of frusteration to my internet connecting. Is there anyone out there who has had experience with Norton Personal Firewall or feels there is a reason to install this software? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Absolutely not. Mac OS X already comes omes with a very capable firewall if you really think you need it (though, you probably don't).
And you might want to remove NAV as well. Please see these discussions for details: http://forums.applenova.com/showthre...ghlight=norton http://forums.applenova.com/showthre...ghlight=norton http://forums.applenova.com/showthre...ghlight=norton The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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I'm sure someone else will explain in more detail, but if you search this very forum for "Norton" you'll find that almost everyone thinks it is terrible, terrible trash.
Plus, name me a Mac OSX virus... Hence a virus checker is just pure deadweight. |
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I'd love for us to have a "software you should avoid" sticky. Norton would be tops on that list.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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So you're saying my Mac could cause people with PCs to have a bad day, while my Mac remains unaffected?
Explain to me the bad part of this.... |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Spokane, WA
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I personally see no reason for Norton Firewall as was already said there is already a very capable firewall running by default on your machine......
But I have to agree with bassplayinMacFiend, having NAV or some kind of anti-virus software on your machine to double-check documents you recieve is a must. NAV's auto-protect is turned off on my machine though. |
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Passing by
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: London, Europe
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As for viruses, on the assumption that Mac OS X is excellent but not perfect, increasing profile and market share for Apple must increase the risk of specifically tailored viruses and malware. |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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>>firewall by default stops inbound but not outbound-
--- I believe the app called "little Snitch" takes care of the outbound but how do you configure stopping outbound in X? |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
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On a similar theme, I always have used the ‘Close Internet Connection When Sleep’. Is there any good reason to do this on a Mac? If not, then I would just as soon maintain my Internet connection. I have a high-speed connection and there is no reason I can’t always be connected, if it is safe.
When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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Location: London, Europe
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