Little Snitch Configuration advice

rawdawg · 05:10 PM

I finally have my new MacMini and Mountain Lion and am starting from scratch installing all my programs.

I am also realizing how much a pain I must have gone through years ago when I set permissions for Little Snitch.

Is there a database out there for all the hundreds of stupid alerts that come up so that I know what the heck I should bother blocking?

Anyone have any rules for what they block?

Did I ask this in the wrong forum? Figured 10.8 would be good because it's my current OS and users here would encounter similar items trying to access the internet.

Jethryn Freyman · Nov 5, 2012, 04:34 PM

I tend to just block the things I don't need or want or don't benefit me or work against me... tracking stuff, apps that phone home trying to contact an unneccesary activation server or what not

balamw · Nov 5, 2012, 05:10 PM

MOD NOTE: Maybe better in apps since not all 10.8 users use Little Snitch.

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rawdawg · Nov 10, 2012, 12:34 PM

Hello, I recently updated to 10.8 and with it have cleanly installed all programs including Little Snitch.

I had completely forgotten how tedious the process is setting permissions? Naturally there are a million requests popping up and it's very hard figuring out what they are.

Is there an available list of which items I should block if they don't serve me the greater good?

SandboxGeneral · Nov 10, 2012, 12:36 PM

I don't know of any lists, but many of them I can easily figure out on my own. Others, I will do a Google search to see what they are before making a decision on allowing it or not.

Nov 5, 2012, 04:27 PM	#1
rawdawg macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brooklyn	Little Snitch Configuration advice I finally have my new MacMini and Mountain Lion and am starting from scratch installing all my programs. I am also realizing how much a pain I must have gone through years ago when I set permissions for Little Snitch. Is there a database out there for all the hundreds of stupid alerts that come up so that I know what the heck I should bother blocking? Anyone have any rules for what they block? Did I ask this in the wrong forum? Figured 10.8 would be good because it's my current OS and users here would encounter similar items trying to access the internet. __________________ “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires" -- John Steinbeck Last edited by balamw; Nov 5, 2012 at 05:10 PM. Reason: Mergeable consecutive posts
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Nov 5, 2012, 04:34 PM	#2
Jethryn Freyman macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Australia	I tend to just block the things I don't need or want or don't benefit me or work against me... tracking stuff, apps that phone home trying to contact an unneccesary activation server or what not __________________ Power Mac G5 - 2x 1.8GHz - 4GB - ATI Fire GL X3 256MB - 10.5.8 Macbook Pro 3,1 - 6GB - 240GB OWC SSD - 10.6.8 www.michaelanthonyralph.com/blog/
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Nov 5, 2012, 05:10 PM	#3
balamw Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New England, USA	MOD NOTE: Maybe better in apps since not all 10.8 users use Little Snitch. B __________________ MBA (13" 1.7 GHz 128GB), UMBP (15" SD 2.8 GHz), UMB (13" 2.4 GHz), iMac (17" Yonah), 32GB iPad 3 WiFi+LTE, 64 GB iPad WiFi, 32 GB iPhone 5, Airport Extreme
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Nov 10, 2012, 12:34 PM	#4
rawdawg Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brooklyn	Any listings for Little Snitch configurations? Hello, I recently updated to 10.8 and with it have cleanly installed all programs including Little Snitch. I had completely forgotten how tedious the process is setting permissions? Naturally there are a million requests popping up and it's very hard figuring out what they are. Is there an available list of which items I should block if they don't serve me the greater good? __________________ “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires" -- John Steinbeck
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Nov 10, 2012, 12:36 PM	#5
SandboxGeneral Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: The New World	I don't know of any lists, but many of them I can easily figure out on my own. Others, I will do a Google search to see what they are before making a decision on allowing it or not. __________________ Twitter \| Website \| ♫ Free iTunes Music ♫ *Random Access Memories* ~ daft punk
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