Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Port scan defense Date: 5 Dec 2016 23:10:24 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <2v6dnX63GZra1dnFnZ2dnUU7-LPNnZ2d@giganews.com> <0001HW.D46B30A0030C988CB02919BF@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net rEf8NesVOf2vFnevk/3rhgQT20RY1Cy7xDyOaodmwzWxQ+5iU2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:UD8C4xJDUrPigKajjrIOGLB8yrs= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:97586 On 2016-12-05, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2016-12-05 14:56, Nelson wrote: >> On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 15:17:22 -0500, Alan Browne wrote >> (in article ): >> >>> I installed LS a couple weeks ago and after 10 minutes of incessant >>> interruptions to allow this or that connection I de-installed it. Not >>> patient enough I guess to set it up correctly. At least I didn't pay for it >>> first. >> >> I seems kind of pointless to install an app to tell you what outgoing >> connections are being requested and then object to it telling you :) >> For trusted apps just click "allow forever" and it will never bother >> you again for that app. > > Yeah I fugured that out - but for 10 minutes or so it was driving me > nuts while I had other shit to do. So OTDIW. The primary goal of Little Snitch is to block all connectivity by default. Each time a something attempts to connect to the internet, a dialog box appears telling you which application process is trying to connect and some details about the type of connection, and asking you whether to allow or deny the connection. So you do need to interact with Little Snitch once you start the network filter if you have services running on that computer. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR