[rotuts]

Ive really forgot a lot I knew about firewalls and MacOS. I used to connect to my FiOS via a router and had that set up for firewalls and had the OS set up probably in a 10.4 sys

my router gave up the ghost and now I connet direct to the FiOS w and ethernet connection.

I do the usual web surfing, email and some torrenting w VUSE.

what to I need to further do to make this as 'secure' as possible. no file sharing is enabled.

thanks much!

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by rotuts 

I do the usual web surfing, email and some torrenting w VUSE.

what to I need to further do to make this as 'secure' as possible. no file sharing is enabled.

thanks much!

All of that can be done w/o any open ports (Torrent performance will be subpar though).
So there's really nothing you'd need to do, and everything should still work.

-t

[rotuts]

many thanks for your reply. my torrent program when Im DL and UL runs at my full FiOS band with now

what would one due to make it 'optimum' under this set up?

do you know a good current ref for firewalls and 10.5.6?

many thanks again!

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by rotuts 

many thanks for your reply. my torrent program when Im DL and UL runs at my full FiOS band with now

what would one due to make it 'optimum' under this set up?

do you know a good current ref for firewalls and 10.5.6?

many thanks again!

Most torrent clients run optimal when a certain port is opened and forwarded.
It supposedly gives some speed advantage.

I don't know what otehr 3rd party firewalls or GUIs are good, I haven't used any in a long time.

-t