On 9 Apr 2005 at 21:30, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > David W. Fenton schrieb: > >>For practical and security reasons we use an OSX app called "little > >>snitch" that intercepts outgoing internet connections from > >>applications - they have to be granted permission to have access. > >>Finale doesn't ever attempt to communicate over the internet except > >>during online registration when you ask it to. > > > > > > Er, "little snitch" is just a software firewall, a good thing to > > have on any computer where you want to control outgoing connections. > > Little snitch is not a firewall. It may do similar things. It won't > block any incoming traffic. It's used primarily to find out why MacOSX > is trying to establish a modem connection all the time. It is not port > dependent like a firewall, but application dependent. > > (How come you know anything about a little niche Mac shareware app?)
If it's blocking outgoing ports, it's acting as a firewall. It's pretty simple. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
