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Is it safe to put a Mac directly on the internet?

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Mar 15, 20262308 views
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In the past I have always run a NAT router between my Windows PC's and the internet. I'm wondering if I still need this or whether the OSX firewall is good enough to let me put a Mac directly on the internet.

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Though I don't mind hooking up my Mac to any network, I don't have the definitive answer. Still, some notes too long for a comment: The OS X built-in firewall is an application firewall: accepting incoming connections is granted per application, not…

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