I have a Airport base station connected to a cable modem (cable internet).
How much security can I expect from that ? Does Apple's Airport base station
come with a built-in firewall or something of the sort ?
I am also using Symantec's Norton Personal Firewall software. Is this
offering enough security ? What do you think ?
Best regards,
Joseph Chamberlain, D.D.S.
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On 9/14/04 9:58 AM, "Jao van de Lagemaat" <email@hidden>
wrote:
> On Sep 14, 2004, at 10:23 AM, Nathan Strange wrote:
>
>> I routinely have password guessing attempts on my machine every day :(
>>
>> You can see such things in System Profiler under logs / system.log
>> (or with 'cat /var/log/system.log' in the terminal)
>>
>> Port scans show up too
>>
> You probably are talking about a home machine on broadband (I cannot
> imagine jpl not being tightly firewalled). I always advise everybody
> (even if they are on Macs) on broadband to get a cheap hardware NAT
> firewall (they call them cable DSL/routers in the stores). They can be
> had from $10 for a wired version and about $30 for a wireless g version
> in the typical stores and online. This will cut down quite a bit on
> these hacking attempts. Most of these attempts are automated BTW and
> originate from worms. As an added bonus, you will be able to simply
> plug in another computer and have internet access. Very useful addition
> to your home network.
>
> Jao
>
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