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How can I stop Portscan attacks?

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19gwest37
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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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ideato
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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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