Does this help :-
<http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/Leopard_Security_Config_20080530.pdf
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Bob
On 31/10/2008, at 8:01 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
Hi Steven,
Glad to hear you found a solution.
I must admit, I find the Mac OSX firewall set-up much harder to
understand
now.
It used to be that the firewall was on by default (but you could
turn it off
if you so desired) and then you just turned on the features that you
wanted
- eg file sharing, internet sharing etc. This all seemed self
explanatory
(ie easy).
Now we have the choice to:
"Allow all incoming connections" or
"Allow only essential services" or
"Set access for specific services and applications"
Having checked my set-up (which I'm sure was the default) it seems
to be the
first option - which sounds like it means firewall "off"
Didn't we used to deride Windows for having the firewall "off" by
default?
The trouble is, now I'm not sure how the other two options work -
and the
help manual didn't enlighten me!
For example, what does OSX regard as "Essential Services" ?
I note that if you tick one of the boxes in the Sharing panel and
then check
back at the Firewall panel, then that "service" has been listed, eg:
File Sharing (AFP)
Printer Sharing
I would have thought that if you had ticked the box and the service
was
listed then it would now be considered "essential" However, Steven's
experience seems to suggest that this is not the case (so what ARE
"essential services")
Or are the services listed only enabled if you tick the third option
and, if
so, how do you know what you need to enable to do various things -
in fact
what sort of things/programs require "incoming connections" and how
do you
know? (or to put it another way, what sort of things are likely to
stop
working if I tick it!!)
Anybody seen any GOOD articles that cover the new OSX firewall
system & how
to set-it up (as I say, I found the onboard help pretty useless!)
Cheers
Neil
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on 31/10/08 7:14 PM, Steven Knowles at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
James, I think that's it!
I was in process of following Daniel's suggestions - Repair
Permissions on both machines made no difference. Seeing your message,
I checked System Preferences > Security > Firewall. On the MBP I had
this set to "Allow only essential services". Changed it to "Allow all
incoming connections". Problem solved.
Thanks fellas.
Cheers, Steven
On 31/10/2008, at 2:09 PM, James Devenish wrote:
Hi Steven,
Make sure there isn't a firewall on the MBP that blocks fire
sharing.
Regards,
James.
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