How can I stop Portscan attacks?
I am operating Mini Mac OSX (Tiger). Lately, according to Norton Antivirus, there have been a lot of Portscan Attacks, which have been blocked. My question is this: Is there a security device available with Firefox to stop these attacks?
I am operating Mini Mac OSX (Tiger). Lately, according to Norton Antivirus, there have been a lot of Portscan Attacks, which have been blocked. My question is this: Is there a security device available with Firefox to stop these attacks?
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No. You must turn on firewall protection on your computer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_scanner
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1042.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1810
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/Protect_Your_Mac_with_Tigers_Firewall/
http://macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/11/01/firewall.html
thank you
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