It consists of a GUI and set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. Shareware $79.00 Current Version: 2.1.19 (May 20, 2008) / 4.0.1 (June 4, 2010)įirewall Builder is multi-platform firewall configuration and management tool.
2.3 products include a number of other enhancements, such as non-admin user support for the DoorStop X firewall, a much improved geo-location service for the Who's There? Firewall Advisor and information and advice on many new security issues. Look for real-time links to evolving Mac and iPhone Internet security issues here. So, with 2.3 we've added a Twitter stream too, and integrated it with the products through a new "News" menu. Security issues change so quickly these days, sometimes a blog isn't even fast enough. The book, newly renamed to include "iPhone" in the title, now has a whole chapter devoted to the iPhone and iPod touch, plus iPhone details throughout. Version 2.3 of the products includes information and advice specific to the iPhone and its integration with the Macintosh. Version 2.3 of the products provides full Snow Leopard support, including details and advice regarding Snow Leopard-specific issues. Open Door Networks produces the DoorStop X software-based firewall, which works with the Who's There? Firewall Advisor software. I would imagine that Apple plans precisely this (or perhaps an automatic variant) for a future release of Mac OS X.Ĭommercial $49 Current Version: 2.3 (October 26, 2009) I'd prefer to see Apple release this as (part of) a Preference pane rather than a klunky installer/uninstaller package. Please note that this is for one very specific type of Internet connection ( FiOS), and Apple has clarified this since releasing the software on. "This change has a system wide effect and is applied even if the network is not high speed connection with a high latency, with the exception of modem connections for which the system uses small default TCP buffer sizes."ĭrew notes: This program, which is written as a series of Perl scripts, does its magic by writing to (or creating, if necessary) your /etc/nf file. "The system parameters are sysctl variables that are set as follows: A startup configuration file is also updated so that these changes will persist across restarts.
With larger buffers more data can be in transit at once. "The installer increases the default values for the size of the TCP send and receive buffers. "There is an optional uninstaller that can be used to restore the settings that were in effect at the time just before the system parameters were changed. The installer tweaks some system parameters. "The Broadband Tuner allows you to take full advantage of very high speed FiOS based Internet connections that have a high latency. Freeware Current Version: 1.0 (November 29, 2005)Īpple Broadband Tuner is an official "patch" from Apple that tweaks selected network settings on Mac OS X 10.4 to increase the performance of FiOS-based high-speed Internet connections.
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