Hi All Now that everybody knows about the insecurities of removing the login items (due to message boards + lists), we need to be more careful...and expect something to happen. I think this could be a little workaround for the layman that doesn't require scripting, etc.
Create an alias of the littlesnitchdaemon and place it somewhere only you know of. Then rename that alias to whatever you want and add that item to your login items. This way you have 2 items that will attempt to start the demon at start-up! If the original gets removed then the other will remain! This works on 10.3.9 but I haven't tested it in Tiger. It works fine but it's very irritating having to open prefs all the time to check it's running, even using a shortcut. But what's stopping somebody writing something that removes all your login items...? Is that possible? When updating LS, the alias no longer works so you would have to remake the alias. For those that don't know, the demon is in library\preferencepanes\LS (I don't remember the full name)\contents\resources - if my memory serves me correct, that's the location - I'm at work now on a PeeCee This is merely an idea for workaround for the layman. Check this functionality for yourselves and let me know if it's ok and advisable. At the end of the day, we need LS to protect itself with no way of being brought down. I, like others would like to see options to install for all users and have protection on as default for any user logging in or for a new user created. Is this possible? We need a monitor running, perhaps in the top right corner of the screen, (lots of space there) just indicating that LS is working. Yeah third party apps are great but I can't use verisnitch as I am on Panther and will be for a little while longer and I assume there are others who haven't moved to tiger yet either. I hope that these improvements or similar can be implemented. I love LS and think it's great that people are developing apps like this. Software is always changing, programming can be tough (I know nothing) and there's always a customer complaining! So thanks to Karl Schwarzott for a great app - may we have many more years of protection from this very useful application. Cheers Grant PS: I accidentally sent this message directly to Obdev and they replied very politely and friendly and included the following very assuring statement! ME > At the end of the day, we need LS to protect itself with no way of > being brought down. OBDEV Definitely. And I assure you that we are working an major structural changes to LittleSnitch that address this very issue. Regards Johannes Tiefenbrunner _______________________________________________ Littlesnitch-talk mailing list Littlesnitch-talk@obdev.at http://at.obdev.at/mailman/listinfo/littlesnitch-talk