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Console log is packed with Info messages realted to connection attempts from AEBS router. Is that normal?
also, system profiler states: Firewall Logging: No / Stealth Mode: No. Why the discrepancy?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), assorted apple products
chriswalsh wrote:
Console log is packed with Info messages realted to connection attempts from AEBS router. Is that normal?
Yes, if you've enabled stealth mode. If you are behind a router which does NAT (and I believe all of them do it nowadays), you don't need stealth mode.
chriswalsh wrote:
VPN actually uses "tun0" when it's connected & doesn't appear when VPN is off.
VPN can use various interfaces, because there is no single standard that defines what VPN is. You may have used a 'tun' tunnel interface, for instance, for OpenSSH, but you'd probably use gif to build one over IPsec. The manpage
$ man gif
will give you the nitty-gritty.
Such details aside, it's good to know the mystery has cleared. Thanks for letting us know.
Firewall - stealth mode connection attempts from AEBS to computer
