That has different rules applied to it, to ensure that you can gain access if your rules accidentally deny access to SSH orĪnother technique you can use to protect yourself against accidental lockout is a dead man’s switch. Configure an alternate path via a secondary interface-physical or virtual-that is not affected by the firewall, or When configuring client or server systems, you should take care that the rules you’re implementing don’t lock you out of the Be aware that changing the globalstate to 0 will disable the firewall.
Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Security and Mobility v10.6: A Guide to Providing Secure Mobile Access to Intranet Services Using Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard