DoorStop X Firewall
User's Guide

Welcome to the DoorStop X Firewall. DoorStop X is the first Mac OS X firewall from Open Door Networks, developers of the Mac's original firewall (DoorStop for Mac OS 8.1). With the DoorStop X Firewall you can quickly and easily secure your Mac against undesired access from the Internet.

There are a number of new items in DoorStop X 1.1. For details on new features, see the What's New section of this user's guide. One new feature is integration with our book, Internet Security for Your Macintosh. Chapter numbers and section names of relevant passages from this book are indicated throughout this User's Guide in blue italics.


Table of Contents
What's New in 1.1
  • Enhancements
  • Integration with the Who's There? Firewall Log Analyzer
  • Integration with "Internet Security for Your Macintosh"
  • DoorStop X Security Suite
Getting Started
  • System requirements
  • DoorStop X & other firewalls
  • Installation
  • Quick start
  • Online Help
  • Purchasing DoorStop X
  • Entering a serial number
  • Related products
DoorStop X Basics
  • Key concepts
    • IP addresses
    • Ports
    • Packets & protocols
  • Using DoorStop X
Protecting Basic Services
  • The setup window
  • Changing access to a service
  • Adding an Address to a service's address list
  • Changing/deleting an address in a service's address list
  • Further information about a service
User-defined Services
  • The setup window
  • Creating a new service entry
  • Duplicating user-defined service entries
  • Editing & deleting user-defined service entries
  • Custom icons
  • Further information about a service
Configuration Tips
  • Personal File Sharing
  • iApps and OS X's built-in firewall
  • iChat
  • iTunes
  • iPhoto
  • Internet Sharing
  • FTP clients
Accessing "Internet Security for Your Macintosh"
  • Browsing
  • Information on a specific service
  • The standalone version of Internet Security for Your Macintosh
Advanced Topics
  • Logging
  • Resetting the log file
  • Viewing the log file
  • UDP protection
  • Stealth mode
  • Turning off Tool Tips
  • Using the status icon
  • Testing DoorStop X
  • What clients will see
  • Uninstalling DoorStop X
  • Update information
Troubleshooting
  • Common problems & their solutions
Appendices
  • Notes on installation
  • TCP & UDP port numbers
  • Log file format
  • Sample log lines
  • Reading the log file



This entire User's Guide is copyright (C) 2005 Open Door Networks, Inc. DoorStop X is a trademark of Open Door Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies.