osx firewall?

[fix-this!]

i just installed osx86 and i LOVE IT! everything works but how do i configure my firewall? do i need to download one? i did a leak test and i failed, i have no router either!

[shihchiun]

There's a built-in firewall. Don't recall where it is exactly, but it's somewhere in System Preferences.

[fix-this!]

  shihchiun said:

There's a built-in firewall. Don't recall where it is exactly, but it's somewhere in System Preferences.

yeah i see it but how do you configure it?

[bob_c_b]

  smooth3006 said:

yeah i see it but how do you configure it?

I believe it automatically denies all unsolicited traffic, which is all you should really need since we don't have malware (at least not without the user purposely ignoring the entire security system in OS X).

[thefarewellnote]

  bob_c_b said:

I believe it automatically denies all unsolicited traffic, which is all you should really need since we don't have malware (at least not without the user purposely ignoring the entire security system in OS X).

Actually it is set by default to accept all incoming connections.

And in Snow Leopard it is turned completely off by default.

To configure it go to System Preferences - Security - Select the Firewall tab.

[Meek Wriggle]

  thefarewellnote said:

Actually it is set by default to accept all incoming connections.

And in Snow Leopard it is turned completely off by default.

To configure it go to System Preferences - Security - Select the Firewall tab.

There's an option to manually configure all connections in the Firewall tab somewhere.