[muglo] Re: Stealth mode in a Mac

Doug:  Is that because you only think it's necessary when you're 
"wandering."?  Is there any problem with just setting it to "Stealth 
Mode" all the time--even when you're at home?

Please let me know.  Thanks,

Leith

>On 24-Jun-09, at 11:08 AM, Leith Peterson wrote:
>
>>  *Stealth mode in a Mac:...In the main menu, go to
>>  System Preferences (the grey box with an apple and a switch). The
>>  third line down of icons should give you "Sharing" in the fourth
>>  position. Open it and click "Firewall". In the bottom right corner,
>>  click "Advanced". On the resulting panel, click "enable Stealth Mode".
>>  That's how it is on my four year old 10.4.11 machine. If you have a
>>  more recent machine, say a 10.5.X, you may find that the Mac
>>  engineers moved exactly the same thing out of "Sharing" and into
>>  "Security" a few lines up.
>
>   I have two Locations, one Home, the other Wandering
>
>I change locations when I am away from Home. Wandering i set to
>Stealth mode.
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