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Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur

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1183 points robenkleene | 2 comments | 20 Oct 20 15:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.408s | source
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bitobserver ◴[20 Oct 20 18:25 UTC] No.24840732[source]▶
For anyone that wants to switch to Linux and retain similar functionality as this firewall app, there is this: https://github.com/gustavo-iniguez-goya/opensnitch
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dhaavi ◴[20 Oct 20 20:08 UTC] No.24841849[source]▶
There is another - and I'd argue better - alternative for Linux and Windows:

Portmaster by Safing https://safing.io/portmaster/

Not only is it an application firewall, but also gives you DNS filtering (ie. Pi-Hole basics) and DNS-over-TLS.

Full Disclosure: I'm one of the founders.

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1. mindfulhack ◴[21 Oct 20 06:47 UTC] No.24845343[source]▶
But has it added pop-up per-app (and then per domain/port/ip) block/allow functionality in the Linux DE GUI yet? Thanks to your whole team for the awesome work.
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2. dhaavi ◴[21 Oct 20 09:12 UTC] No.24846065[source]▶
This is already implemented, but was broken during an important refactor. We hope to fix it soon.