Firewalk X2.3.7

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It was very good but without a stabe OS 10.4 version it is now useless. I've switched to Netbarrier, easier to use and stable with Tiger (NB version 10.3.6). Sad, I liked Firewalk (better price and support than Netbarrier).

what is the limmit of rules or ranges that can be added before the system is slowed or bogged out ???

Excellent firewall, but does not work with Tiger, no mention of Tiger on the web site, and no responses from support regarding when a Tiger-compatible version might be available. I'm not looking for a committment, just a general idea....nothing. It's very sad, but I have to switch to another firewall now that I've upgraded to Tiger. Right now, it seems as if Pliris is abandoning the market.

Hands down, the best Firewall product for MacOS X. Escellent + robust design make it a pleasure to use for both the novice and the power user. Please make a Tiger-compatible version soon.

I have been using this app since 3 years. It has never crashed or caused any problems, it is very stable. Ocasionaly, after system updates, it needs to be re-installed. The transition to Panther was handled by the developper quickly and successfully. The interface is mature, easy to use. It is independent of the built-in ipfw. It does not offer all the options of ipfw, but can optionally work alongside it so one can use some of the more arcane rules of ipfw. One feature I miss in other fw apps is monitoring and optional restriction of access of applications to the net - usefull to keep the phone-home applications under control.

Works fine before and after update. No problem with OS 10.3.3 and 10.3.4. Very good. Add a nicer GUI and it will be perfect.

Not user friendly but a very good firewalk. Use Firewalk X 2.3.6 with OS X 10.3.4, previous version does not work (at least on my computers).

excellent

excellent firewall.

An excellent program. Easy to set up and loads of features. Has a slight problem with the MacOS10.3.3 upgrade but a re-install of Firewalk sorts that out. Highly recommended.

Freezes up System Preferences when trying to launch after updating to OS 10.3.3- otherwise a great product to have.

Love this software. I tried Brickhouse, but it did not stealth port 0. Firewalk stealths all ports with ease and the manual is very informative for novices.

Is there anyone out there who had trouble with 2.3.3 and was brave enough to try 2.3.4? And did you have a problem with 2.3.4? 2.3.3 will work on 10.3.1 on some machines. How does it do in 10.3.2? Thanks for any info.

I have been running FWX 2.3.3 on OS X 10.3.1 with no problems running or installing. Of course I alway run repair permissions before and after installing anything. I look forward to trying FWX 2.3.4.

Version 2.3.4 seems to work fine with on 10.3.1.

If someone is brave enough to install new version (on 10.3.1) please let us know if this time they got it right.

I loved this program in 10.2.6. Never a problem. I had to go through 3 Archive and Installs trying to get it to work in 10.3.1. It simply won't work. I'm waiting for an update.

****Warning**** Install 2.3.3 at your own risk on 10.3.1. I was a big fan of this application until 2.3.3. When I installed, my system started to act funny on startup. When I uninstalled all hell broke loose. Kernel panic. I could not even get my system to load. Finally I had to go into safe mode ---back up my data and do a clean re-install of Panther. Again you are warned ---install at your own risk -----

I just tried this app on a clean install of 10.3. It doesn´t load, so I can´t give it a review.

bump :-( I use the firewall in Panther waiting 4 a stable version :-(

Backup. This is not good stuff. Lot of bugs. Please give us a stable version. I am sad to give a bad review, I liked this firewall one month ago.

Does not work in OS 10.3 and 10.3.1. Froze the system. I had to hard reset and trash it :-( It is so sad, it was a great firewall. Worth nothing in Panther. Maybe 2.3.2...

Was great till this 2.3 now it is unusable. Don't work in Panther. 10.3 can't boot after install. Need a safe restart holding Shift. Then delete Firewalk. I'm waiting for a fix. I'm using Apple's firewall and think about swithching to Netbarrier. This one was ugly but friends told me that the last version works in Panther.

Beware twice over. Also causes Kernel Panics and delays in 10.3. Normally this is very good software (when config'd correctly), but this version 2.3 is not ready for prime time.

Yeah i bought this about a year ago, but the built-in Mac OS X firewall is so simple that I haven't used this app for a long time. I got so sick of having an alert every two seconds. I'm sure Firewalk X has settings that are more advanced than i understand, but again.... The stock firewall is SO easy to use and I would like to think that it helps. I'm still on dialup anyway, and I've been evacuated from my house since last Wednesday.

Beware...version 2.3 causes application and kernel panics with 10.2.8. Only solution was to uninstall it. Nice idea but had to get rid of it.

With the latest Mac OS X updates, it wouldn`t run anymore. But best firewall with many, many features and a nice support from Pliris. No KP at all.

No KP, never had. Best firewall, far better than Intego's bad products / policy

Pretty easy to configure and it works very well. Never had a single Panic with it. The best consumer firewall.

This is a good firewall if you like to use X stuff. as in XFree, Orobor and Fink. And if you want to be very anal about security. The logging is very good. Thus, you can set the default to block everything and slowly open up more ports and allow more IP addresses to access your machine, and enable more programs to use the internet as needed. This is a really time consuming process, but if you have a lot of pressure to keep your network secure, this is not a bad way; You basically allow IP address to access port blank and that is it. You allow program Y to access IP address Blank and only Blank to check for updates. It also comes with a less secure preconfigure for the average user, but it would not allow your computer to act as a xerver for XWindow applications, and so on. Still, I think this is a cut above command-line UNIX tinkering with the native firewall. Also, the ability to creat rules from the log speeds up the configuration. Firewalk X 2 seems to cause a lot of kernel panics, but the most recent update promises to fix this.

Works great. The more firewalls, the better.

This is a fine program.

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