CS3 and Mac OS X Firewalls
I subscribe to the Design Tools Monthly newsletter that Jay Nelson puts together each month and just received an email that he sent to his subscriber base about installing CS3 on a Mac OS X computer. Since I recently installed the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium edition I was interested in reading what Jay had to say and I'm glad I did.
Here's what Jay wrote:
"The Adobe Creative Suite 3 installer for Version Cue CS3 Server disables
your Mac's firewall so that it can configure new outgoing network ports, but
it does not reactivate the firewall when it is finished -- potentially
leaving your Mac open to malicious attacks.
Version Cue CS3 Server is included with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design
Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium and Web Standard. It is installed by
default as part of the full Creative Suite 3 installation.
To re-enable the Mac OS X built-in firewall, do this:
1. Choose Apple menu> System Preferences.
2. Click the Sharing Preference Pane.
3. Click the Firewall tab.
4. Click the Start button to turn your firewall on. (If the button says
Stop, your firewall is already running.)
Enabling your Mac's built-in firewall is an easy way to help prevent
unauthorized people from acccessing your computer through your local network
or through the Internet. If you don't already have your Mac's firewall
turned on, this is a great opportunity to activate it.
We don't know if Adobe is planning to change the Creative Suite 3 installer,
but they are offering the same advice we are: Check your firewall settings
yourself.
You can view Adobe's CS3 installer security advisory at
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-11.html"
Thanks for the notification Jay!