Re: Norton Personal Firewall 3.0.2 incompatible with Mac OS X 10.4

I think you misunderstood me. I know that 10.4 is subject to MSS, and I
understand that you were joking. However, I want to know why the 10.4
built-in firewall doesn't meet the standards. The fact that it's not
listed on the software distribution website doesn't make sense because
it's not software that anyone would download as it is part of the OS.
Is there some hard technical reason why the built-in firewall is not up
to snuff?

Greg

Mike Hunter wrote:

>On May 19, "Gregory German" wrote:
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>>Please forgive my ignorance, but now that OS X 10.4 has a built-in
>>firewall that logs blocked packets, why does it not meet the campus
>>minimum security standards?
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>I was just joking :) All network devices *are* subject to the MSS. I was
>just eluding to the fact that the MSS says something about firewall and
>anti-virus software must be installed for devices that have such software
>available on the software.berkeley.edu page. Since Mac OS 10.4 is not
>supported by our virus vendor (apparently), that OS doesn't have software
>listed on software.berkeley.edu, therefore it isn't in the category of
>devices covered by that part of the MSS.
>
>Friendly joke, please please no flame war.
>
>Mike
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