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This is why I use Little Snitch. If there are any rogue outgoing connections, I will know about it. I am extremely selective with the connections I allow my mac
by synaesthesisx 9y ago
This is why I use Little Snitch. If there are any rogue outgoing connections, I will know about it. I am extremely selective with the connections I allow my machine to make.
- sillysaurus3 9y agoSo for those of us who aren't selective with the connections we allow, is it feasible to start using Little Snitch? I'd be interested in trying, but it seems like there would be dozens if not hundreds of "strange" connections that you'd have to filter through which ultimately turn out to be innocent (e.g. OS X update checks).
- eropple 9y agoThe first day of using Little Snitch may drive you insane. It gets better rapidly after.
- kevindqc 9y agoHow does it work with browsers? You have to allow all outgoing traffic to port 80/443 regardless of host/ip? Or be asked every time you visit a different website if you want to allow it or not?
- wlesieutre 9y agoIIRC the default ruleset allows browsers to make any connections on 80/443. You could delete that rule and do it on a case-by-case basis, but it'd be painful. There are probably browser extensions better suited to restricting browser connections. Maybe run LS on top of one of those so the browser can catch most of them witout making a ton of popups.
- kevindqc 9y agoMakes sense. Thanks!
- toufka 9y agoIt provides and then remembers sane choices pretty well. It's easier if you have enough background to understand 'port', 'dns', and 'application', but once you spend a day or two teaching it your habits, it becomes a fantastic tool that is out of your way until the moment it notices something serious.
- jftuga 9y agoIs there something like this for Windows?
- xemoka 9y agoPerhaps Glasswire? http://glasswire.com http://glasswire.com