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Doorstop X 2.3

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Doorstop X is the first Macintosh firewall is back...

Protects your Mac from outside attack.
Easy-to-use interface means less chance of mistakes.
Logs both allowed and denied access attempts.
Critical improvements to OS X's "built-in" firewall.
Available standalone or as part of the integrated DoorStop X Security Suite.

What's New

Version 2.3:

adds full support for Snow Leopard (10.6) as well as the many changed networking features in Leopard (10.5).
- full support for Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6)
- integrated security book fully updated for Snow Leopard and the iPhone
- new "News" menu
- new Twitter stream at http://twitter.com/isfym
- read-only support for non-admin users (requires 10.5 or later)
- new and updated service definitions
- bug fixes

Version 2.3:

adds full support for Snow Leopard (10.6) as well as the many changed networking features in Leopard (10.5).
- full support for Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6)
- integrated security book fully updated for Snow Leopard and the iPhone
- new "News" menu
- new Twitter stream at http://twitter.com/isfym
- read-only support for non-admin users (requires 10.5 or more...

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later.

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Doorstop X User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 2.x:

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+30

Philih reviewed on 11 Apr 2011

I had some problems running the ipfw-Firewall via Noobproof and Doorstop.

Finally I think NoobProof is a little more trustworthy because this app is from 2009 and NoobProof is an Opensource-Program.

[Version 2.3]

Raro commented on 02 Nov 2010

I'm a little bit confused: DoorStop X 2.3 was released approximately one year ago. And the version provided here is dated from October 23, 2009

[Version 2.3]

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Philih replied on 11 Apr 2011

I think it's from 2009. But were added to the macupdate-Database in 2010.

It's a common mistake of MU i think.

+22

Hany commented on 02 Nov 2010

Very nice tool, fast, easy and reliable. But you should not call it "firewall". DoorstopX is not a firewall at all. It is only an interface for the Mac OS X "ipfw" firewall.

[Version 2.3]

+30

Longboy commented on 02 Nov 2010

This page needs to be updated. Version 2.3 is now available.

[Version 2.2]

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Ken-Rangen commented on 24 Jan 2007

After just buying the Doorstop Suite a couple months ago, I just can't reallly see a reason to upgrade at 40 bucks a crack. Guess I'll look around for something else.

[Version 2.0]

cdss commented on 10 Mar 2006

This would be a fine product but for one thing: for some reason, it makes access to the websever running on my machine hideously slow. As a web designer, waiting over a minute for a page to display is simply not acceptable.

[Version 1.1.1]

Anonymous reviewed on 04 Aug 2005

One word- Brickhouse

[Version 1.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 15 Jul 2005

The product is excellent. It's nice to FINALLY have Doorstop as an option again. The $40 (introductory?) price seems far too high. Maybe it's because I already paid that much for the OS 9 version of Doorstop which I had to abandon when OS X was released. And because I paid $34.99 for FireWalk X because there was no Doorstop X for such a long time. Anyway... it is an excellent product. I'm clicking "No" for "Recommend DoorStop X Firewall?" only because of its price -- I can't in good faith recommend it to my friends and colleagues. At $29.99, I'd consider it more of a value.

[Version 1.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 13 Jul 2005

Fails to open- error 5370 on 10.4.2

[Version 1.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 03 May 2005

Its a bit underhand to suggest in your programme that if doorstop is not running your mac is unprotected.

What about the built in firewall?

Whilst we are on the subject what exactly does this software do that the firewall does not? Apart from some nice looking icons there doesn't appear to be anything different.

[Version 1.0b1]

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