Re: Panther and Firewall API?
Re: Panther and Firewall API?
- Subject: Re: Panther and Firewall API?
- From: "Peter Sichel" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 14:48:18 -0400
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At the very least, there should be an API to allow a program to
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determine whether the firewall is on and a specified port is open
If you need to verify whether a specified port is open, how about
building a test function into your application to contact
a server that can verify the end-to-end network path? That way
you can tell the user with confidence whether their configuration
is working, or suggest troubleshooting steps to isolate the problem.
Adding an API to the relatively limited and outdated ipfw based
firewall in Mac OS X seems like too little too late. This firewall
is begging to be replaced.
On the other hand, it might be reasonable to extend the System
Configuration Framework to include settings defined under the
Sharing preferences panel. I suspect these settings already
live in a .plist file somewhere, they just need to be documented
and/or integrated as part of the System Configuration Framework.
This gives developers some ability to help users configure
their system properly. 3rd party firewall developers could
even take their cue from the settings in the corresponding
Preference Panel.
- Peter
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