macbook air monterey os should firewall be on or off

I have a M1 2020 MacBook Air Monterey OS. I noticed the firewall is Off, should it be ON?

thank you.

MacBook Air (2020 or later)

Posted on Feb 14, 2022 3:16 PM

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Feb 14, 2022 5:13 PM in response to Lcpalmer1

If you are on a private network you do not need the firewall on.

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