On 30 Mar 2006, at 18:43, Jim Wickman wrote:
At 4:11 PM -0700 3/30/06, wsheluk wrote:
We need some "read me" instructions about the new feature from the
author of LS.
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And not just the 'new' stuff. There's lots about LittleSnitch that
is not explained -- beginning with the "App X want to connect to
123,456,789 - Ok? Deny?
Why can't Little Snitch do a whoiz or whatever it's called to
decode that numerical URL into something more understandable on the
fly?
There's lots about LS that assumes wsaaaay too much knowledge by
some of us users. And don't tell me that for that reason I
shouldn't use it.
It seems like you're asking for two different things here. A WHOIS
lookup on an IP address will show you who "owns" that block of IP
addresses. A reverse DNS lookup on an IP address will show you what
DNS entry maps to that IP address. Little Snitch already does the
latter but not all IP addresses map to DNS entries, hence the reason
you sometimes see the dotted quads (e.g., 17.254.0.91) in LS's
dialogs. If you wait a few seconds at LS's alert dialog and the
reported IP address resolves to a domain name, LS will show you that
name. Otherwise, if the hostname can't be determined for a given IP
address, LS can do little but show you the IP address since it
doesn't map to a name. This has been my experience with LS.
However, more robust reporting functionality would be nice to have as
an advanced option.
-f
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Derek Fong
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