01-18-2015, 03:42 PM
The firewall is off on my install of 10.6, and I never turned it off. I think it has always been optional and not on by default.
Edit. Just checked the Help section and that confirmed my recollection. The statement there was that teh OS shipped with all services off by default, and had to be enabled to be active. The firewall was listed as an additional level of security that could be turned on.
Edit. Just checked the Help section and that confirmed my recollection. The statement there was that teh OS shipped with all services off by default, and had to be enabled to be active. The firewall was listed as an additional level of security that could be turned on.