(Not that you’ll need it.) Silence is golden The developer backs up this excellent utility with a 30-day, “no-questions-asked” return policy. If you need more time, just shell out the $9.
A free, fully-functional trial version is available, but be sure to clear your schedule, because the software expires 24 hours after installation. Radio Silence 2 features an activity monitor that offers a peek into which applications and processes are “phoning home” to a remote mothership, making it easy to block them from doing so with a click.ĭespite lurking in the background, Radio Silence doesn’t impact system performance in the least.
Double-clicking the app opens a window where you can block or monitor apps, and Radio Silence continues running even after this window is closed. There’s no menu bar icon or other visual indication it’s working.
Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.After installation, Radio Silence automatically runs in the background when the Mac is started.
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When you connect your portable Mac to a new network location, your Norton product prompts you to select a new firewall setting for the network location. The firewall settings that you configure contain the connection blocking settings for the application and services that run on your Mac. Lets you configure the firewall settings based on the network location to which your Mac is connected. It provides information about the susceptibility of the programs that may be on your Mac against malicious attacks. Vulnerability Protection monitors all the incoming and the outgoing traffic on your Mac and blocks any unauthorized access. Helps you in detecting and preventing Intrusions through the Internet. You can use the settings icon in the Connection Blocking row to set connections for applications and services on your Mac. You can also configure firewall to allow or block a specific IP address on the network.Ĭonnection blocking settings apply only to a particular location. The Connection Blocking settings determine whether to allow or deny the incoming or the outgoing connections that use a specific service, application, or a port. Lets you allow or block the applications, ports, services, and IP addresses that: You can use the Configure option under Application Blocking to set Internet access for applications on your Mac. The Application Blocking settings do not change when you change to a different network location. The Application Blocking settings determine whether to allow or deny an application, such as a web browser or iTunes, from connecting to the Internet.Īpplication Blocking settings are not specific to a particular network location. Lets you configure firewall rules for the applications that run on your Mac to connect to the Internet. You can use the Firewall window to customize the following firewall settings: They also contain access settings for connections to or from the other computers in the network to which your Mac is connected. Firewall settings contain the access settings for the applications, services, and ports on your Mac.
Learn more about customizing firewall settings for Macįirewall settings let you customize how firewall should monitor and respond to the inbound and the outbound network communications.