Overview

What is Brickhouse 1.2b12?

Configure your firewall for more security.

In depth

A closer look at Brickhouse 1.2b12

BrickHouse is designed to make using the network firewall built in to Mac OS X quick and easy. By using BrickHouse to enable your computer's firewall, you can help prevent unauthorized villians from gaining access to your computer via your internet connection.

It also helps you use your firewall to guard against denial of service or resource-based internet attacks. Network attacks will bounce off the firewall to prevent your computer from slowing down or crashing.

While Mac OS X is fairly secure as installed, it also includes a powerful network traffic filter or firewall that can both prevent break-in attempts and keep your computer from being used in attack on another computer. Unfortunately, the default installation leaves it wide open, and you must manually 'add rules' or filters using a command line tool called ipfw. You need to use Terminal.app to do this. My mom isn't going to be able to do this.

Verdict

Should you download Brickhouse 1.2b12?

Brickhouse 1.2b12 runs on Mac OS and is available under the Shareware license — the installer is 1.2 MB. We’ve catalogued it under Security.

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