[t_hah]

A friend of mine got a brand new router with his new Mac, and asked me which ports he should open up for regular use....is there some kind of a list of ports, that Macs use for communication? Which ports are neccesary to be open?

Thanks,

t

[wataru]

Originally posted by t_hah:
A friend of mine got a brand new router with his new Mac, and asked me which ports he should open up for regular use....is there some kind of a list of ports, that Macs use for communication? Which ports are neccesary to be open?

Thanks,

t

A lot of presets are available in the built-in firewall. Just go to add a new port and choose from the popup menu in the resulting dialog.

[Arkham_c]

Originally posted by t_hah:
A friend of mine got a brand new router with his new Mac, and asked me which ports he should open up for regular use....is there some kind of a list of ports, that Macs use for communication? Which ports are neccesary to be open?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106439


You can open the ones you actually use. Most users don't need to open any ports at all, since the router firewall only affects incoming connections, not outgoing.

[t_hah]

Thank you for your responses...those links help a lot.

t