From: RobertB 

In article ,
 "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:

> "RobertB"  wrote in message
> news:missinglink-98DAF0.12534825022007{at}news.barkto.com...
> > In article ,
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:
> >
> >  >>
> >> I have some other quibbles (  for one - the contents of a folder being
> >> inaccessible on the target pc while it's being copied over a
network- not
> >> the case with XP ) but I'll  wait a few months to see whether 10.5
> >> addresses
> >> them
> >
> > Is that the case? I've never noticed that. Inaccessible on the target,
> > huh. Maybe it's simply waiting for everything to be written so it can
> > display it properly? Why is that a problem, anyway?
> >
>
> I've noticed it when I've selected a  folder to copy over the network that
> the files inside folder on the target computer are inaccessible until the
> completion of a copy as I can't open the copying folder on the target. Not a
> major glitch but it can be a bit irritating at times although I'm not sure
> if thats a feature or a bug

Haven't really noticed it, but then again, I haven't really tried to do
that. I usually wait until the copy is complete before I do anything.

By the way, if you don't know about it, the following is a good OS X Web
site. They have some fairly sophisticated information available on various
topics: http://www.thexlab.com/index.html

Not updated daily but lots of technical articles and some higher-level
explanations of various aspects of OS X.





>  Yep - using OS X firewall but haven't made the time yet to understand it.

Don't think it's that hard. You can turn selected ports on and off if you
want to take the trouble.

> The results from running an 'ipfw show'  look like the Macbook is running
> pretty open with the default settings.

Well, if you don't allow anything, the default config is pretty closed with
just the needed ports for Web surfing and mail being open.

Have you tried the log?

>That didn't much concern me with the
> mini as it's primarily a media device for the plasma TV but I'll have to do
> a little more research for the Macbook as I use it on the net. I've seen a
> front end to ipfw called WaterRoof on Versiontraccker and may give that a
> try
>
> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/31277
>
> WaterRoof is a firewall management frontend with bandwidth tuning, NAT
> setup, port redirection, dynamic rules tracking, predefined rule sets,

I read about it and even downloaded it but haven't installed it. Sounded
interesting. If you do use it, let me know how it is.

However, you can fine-tune the OS X firewall without third-party utilities
by using the Advanced features.

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