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For those looking for a good, free firewall for macOS, consider LuLu. https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html
by treetalker 2y ago
For those looking for a good, free firewall for macOS, consider LuLu.
https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html
- 0x2a 2y agoOther (paid) alternatives: Vallum, Radio Silence - https://vallumfirewall.com https://vallumfirewall.com - https://radiosilenceapp.com https://radiosilenceapp.com
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoI feel like macOS has been going the direction of iOS, increasingly locking things down and pushing to a walled garden world. What’s the chance that the next major update or two make changes that prevent utilities from having the access they need to provide these power user capabilities?
- 1123581321 2y agoMinimal, but there were some changes a few years ago that made it harder to monitor and block system traffic. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24838816 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24838816
- threatofrain 2y agoHow would you compare these to little snitch?
- Pesthuf 2y agoDoesn't macOS also have a built in (but disabled by default) Firewall? Why does nobody use that?
- lapcat 2y agoThe built-in firewall is only for incoming connections, not outgoing connections.
- Aaron2222 2y agoIt only handles inbound connections.
- kccqzy 2y agoThere are actually two default firewalls. The firewall that's configurable in UI can only block inbound connections but not outbound connections. The other firewall (pf) doesn't have the concept of application so one cannot allow one app to access a remote IP but block another, and I also don't think it supports DNS.
- treetalker 2y agoAs others have indicated, LuLu (like Little Snitch) notifies you when your machine is initiating an outbound connection and lets you grant or deny permission, and to set up a persistent rule for that app/connection.