Apple's firewall in Snow Leopard is off by default?

[mackaveli]

Hi just got my New iMac 27".


Just wondering why when I click on system prefs>security>firewall

it is turned off by default? Should I turn it on? If so why was it set on off when I turned on my imac for the first time?

 

[Hellhammer]

I think it's disabled by default. It's recommended to turn it on though

 

[GGJstudios]

Mac OS X v10.5, 10.6: About the Application Firewall

 

[mackaveli]

Mac OS X v10.5, 10.6: About the Application Firewall

Thanks, so I should turn this on??

 

[Relentlos]

Yeah, it's recommended to turn it on. If it starts blocking something you need, you can make rules to allow certain things.