[DM-MUG] OS 9 Firewall?

[Darcy Baston]

As far as I know, the ports on OS 9 are only open if you turn on a=20
service or some kind, so the OS natively acts like a firewall that=20
won't even let you ping.

I haven't used 9 since 2000...I'm starting to forget! I never had a=20
firewall on mine , and it was online on highspeed 24/7 for years, and I=20=

never got a blip of a virus/problem/hack attempt.

Darcy

On Feb 18, 2005, at 11:25 AM, Tim Earp wrote:

> I've just decided it was time to leave behind the slow dialup access I=20=

> was born and bread with and ordered DSL (through Qwest) at home.
> =A0
> I handle the abuse department for a major Iowa-based ISP here in Des=20=

> Moines, so am more than familiar with the various port scanning and=20
> trojan issues that make me glad I don't use Windoze. I'm wondering if=20=

> I even need some kind of firewall for my OS 9.x.x iMac. In the year+=20=

> that=A0I have spent dealing with abuse issues, I have yet to EVER talk=20=

> to an Apple user. I'm thinking I probably don't need a firewall, but=20=

> who knows? Maybe?
> =A0
> Tim Earp