Re: Panther and Firewall API?
Re: Panther and Firewall API?
- Subject: Re: Panther and Firewall API?
- From: Stéphane Sudre <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:27:04 +0200
Le mardi, 2 sep 2003, ` 16:01 Europe/Paris, Allan Nathanson a icrit :
Here's something to think about...
Yes, Apple includes some firewall capabilities with Mac OS X and we
could most certainly add some APIs to interact with "our" firewall but
what do we do for other firewall packages, firewalls that are included
with your network hardware, firewalls maintained by the corporate IT
departments, ... Is having an API that tells you that port 80 is not
being blocked on your system by our firewall software really useful
when you've got a (pick your favorite brand of) router that's blocking
the port?
It prevents you from complaining to your Network Administrator that
he's blocking your connection when the issue is on your machine. It's
more a social feature than anything else.
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