--On 7 October 2005 09:44:33 +0930 Tim Cavanagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why did you not send your concerns directly to the developer instead of publishing it one the net?
Two reasons. First and foremost, it was this list that directly led me to the articles in question. This list that planted the seed of doubt in my mind. I assumed, wrongly so apparently, that this was the place to respond to. Had I not joined this list I'd have fumbled on with blind abandon.
Secondly, I wanted the first hand opinion of other users, users I thought had the same concerns as myself. No support team in the world is going to tell me "Yes you wasted your money and would be better off with NetBarrier but thanks for it anyway"
I don't like bothering support unless I know for sure there is something wrong. Best to way to confirm or dispel any doubt is to talk to other more experienced users, namely, you lot. I assumed, again wrongly so? that the best place to talk about LittleSnitch would be on a littlesnitch-talk list.
I do run the Mac firewall and also have a hardware filewall built into my router, but neither will alert me to unsolicited outgoing connection attempts whatever the reason.
Before I bought this Mac I used a PC running Kerio Personal Firewall, that gave me 100% control over both incoming and outgoing connections.
I bout LS to gain some control over the outgoing part purely on the strength of the web site description and I quote...
Features Prevents applications from "phoning home". Protects you from trojans, worms, and other network parasites. Shows which applications send information over the internet. Provides a higher level of security for the paranoid.
I joined this list to get information and perhaps glean some knowledge that will allow me to get the best from the software I'd just bought. The very first post I read was from support themselves Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> alerting me to the security issues. I replied to and quoted directly from that message, where would you have me send that reply other than the list I read it on?
-- Tony.
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