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LittleSnitch for Linux
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Re: LittleSnitch for Linux
#172I'd like to point out it uses very little memory, barely 33MB here. That's impressive!
Re: LittleSnitch for Linux
#173I remember before Little Snitch there was ZoneAlarm for Windows[0] (here is a good screenshot[1]). No clue if the current version of ZoneAlarm does anything like that (have not used it in 2 decades). I always found it weird that Linux never really had anything like it. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZoneAlarm [1]: https://d2nwkt1g6n1fev.cloudfront.net/helpmax/wp-content/upl...
> [ZoneAlarm] I always found it weird that Linux never really had anything like it. There was simply no need for it. GNU provided most of the software, spyware was unknown. Only since comercial vendors package for linux and bring their spyware along, the desire to inspect network rose.
This is such a naive view on computer security. It’s not just about spyware, which is also not exclusive to commercial vendors.
Re: LittleSnitch for Linux
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#175I know it sounds crazy at this point, but with popular YouTubers switching to Linux, gamers overall well-aware of Steam on Linux advantages and switching as well, plus popular software like LittleSnitch getting ported, 2026 can without irony be named as Year of Linux Desktop, right?
I think there is a lot of talk (and this is good), but very little action. Market share is still incredibly low for LNX. I believe only a small subset of people actually attempt the jump from WIN to LNX (since most just want to play their games and run their programs without hassle) and then quickly realize that its tougher than they anticipated and swiftly return to WIN.
Re: LittleSnitch for Linux
#176Earlier quoted context omitted.
> [ZoneAlarm] I always found it weird that Linux never really had anything like it. There was simply no need for it. GNU provided most of the software, spyware was unknown. Only since comercial vendors package for linux and bring their spyware along, the desire to inspect network rose.
This is such a naive view on computer security. It’s not just about spyware, which is also not exclusive to commercial vendors.
What else is this about? Debian repositories still contain no malware and if you install software exclusively from them, you'll be safe.
Re: LittleSnitch for Linux
#177>> The macOS version uses deep packet inspection to do this more reliably. That's not an option here.
I thought it would be easier to do DPI on Linux than macOS. No???
Re: LittleSnitch for Linux
#178I remember before Little Snitch there was ZoneAlarm for Windows[0] (here is a good screenshot[1]). No clue if the current version of ZoneAlarm does anything like that (have not used it in 2 decades). I always found it weird that Linux never really had anything like it. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZoneAlarm [1]: https://d2nwkt1g6n1fev.cloudfront.net/helpmax/wp-content/upl...
It was problematic, so we moved to blackice defender iirc
Re: LittleSnitch for Linux
#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is such a naive view on computer security. It’s not just about spyware, which is also not exclusive to commercial vendors.
What else is this about? Debian repositories still contain no malware and if you install software exclusively from them, you'll be safe.
Does it contain Firefox? How about Chrome?
Quote from LittleSnitch:
> Little Snitch for Linux is built for privacy, not security
What's your definion of malware in this context?
Re: LittleSnitch for Linux
#180i will never understand why people will flock to this but opensnitch which is just better, fully open and has existed for longer (on linux) gets ignored.