what to do about firewall hits

[Theoyster]

I am running os x 10.4

What can one do about stopping or blocking firewall hits? I am getting hundreds of connection attempts everyday. Is there some program or third party firewall I can use to address this?

 

[miles01110]

What? The firewall bounces connection attempts, but you can't stop the attempt from happening. Maybe I'm unclear as to what you're actually asking.

 

[GGJstudios]

Some connection attempts are legitimate and desired, depending on which apps you're running. Some are unwelcome. That's why you have a firewall, to block the unwelcome attempts. If you want to stop attempts from happening at all, shut down your internet connection. Voila! No more connection attempts!

 

[Theoyster]

Ok. I thought there was some way you can block connection attempts or block ip ranges from even attempting connection.

Of concern is that doing a port scan at the shields up site, all of my ports are stealthed except for 0 and 1 which are closed. Why would those two ports alone be closed and not stealthed? I have all services turnd off and the the mac firewall set to stealth mode.

Thanks

 

[GGJstudios]

Ok. I thought there was some way you can block connection attempts or block ip ranges from even attempting connection.

Of concern is that doing a port scan at the shields up site, all of my ports are stealthed except for 1 and 2, which show as closed. Why would those two ports alone be closed and not stealthed? I have all services turnd off and the the mac firewall set to stealth mode.

Thanks

The GRC site always shows those ports as closed, not steathed. I suspect the site, more than your computer, is the reason for that. I wouldn't worry about it. You can never stop attempts. That's why firewalls are necessary.