Does the Application Firewall (socketfilterfw) on Tahoe still write a log?

I cannot find any log for the Application Firewall. The command socketfilterfw for Tahoe seems to miss all logging-related switches in Tahoe (--getloggingmode, --setloggingmode etc.) These switches are not even mentioned in the man page of socketfilterfw. Does that mean, that the Application Firewall does not write logs any longer? I even had a look into the unified logging; I cannot find a subsystem, which may correspond to socketfilterfw.


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Mathias

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Oct 8, 2025 8:56 AM

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Oct 9, 2025 7:48 AM in response to MathiasHabel

MathiasHabel wrote:

I cannot find any log for the Application Firewall. The command socketfilterfw for Tahoe seems to miss all logging-related switches in Tahoe (--getloggingmode, --setloggingmode etc.) These switches are not even mentioned in the man page of socketfilterfw. Does that mean, that the Application Firewall does not write logs any longer? I even had a look into the unified logging; I cannot find a subsystem, which may correspond to socketfilterfw.

Thanks,

Mathias


I don't see one.


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Does the Application Firewall (socketfilterfw) on Tahoe still write a log?

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