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		ludwigvan on Dec 20, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List fo... Is there a downside to using the default firewall, if I don't want to do things like bandwidth-capping apps?

pyre on Dec 21, 2011 | [–]

I'm thinking that by 'built-in firewall' he/she means the built-in firewall GUI interface. I'd be interested to know what LittleSnitch is doing if it isn't hooking into ipfw.

stock_toaster on Dec 21, 2011 | | [–]

Maybe I am remembering incorrectly, but I thought Apple switched to PF in Lion.

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