[jersey]

Hello all,

I just installed little snitch, which everyone seems to love, and have a question.

In it's default set of rules, it has allows for any application to connect UDP or TCP to 0.0.0.0. - 0.0.0.255 and others. What I would like to do is stop all apps, which are paid for on my machine, from calling home.

Do these default rules allow apps to phone home, or not? If they do, what do I need to change?

Links to info are always welcome.

-j

[wobbly]

To prevent an application from doing anything like 'call home', you want to make a new rule in Little Snitch, then select the application(s), then under permission set this to deny any connection. Of course you wouldn't want to do this with web browser or certain other applications that require a connection for functionality.

Another thing to check is that some applications have a setting under preferences to check for updates automatically, or something like that. Make sure these are not selected.

Per your question "In it's default set of rules, it has allows for any application to connect UDP or TCP to 0.0.0.0. - 0.0.0.255 and others. What I would like to do is stop all apps, which are paid for on my machine, from calling home." I'm not sure the answer but the way I describe above works for most applications that I use: MS Office, Adobe PS and Acrobat Pro, Filemaker, Toast and denying all connections for these applications does not affect them for me.

[hickey]

so for Bit Torrent, the client I use, I would need to leave it unselected since it does connect? Because little snitch was bothering me so much when it would ask to connect to a port, it happened every 5 seconds and would continue to ask about different ports for several minutes. I tried just clicking allow forever continually, but I got so fed up I erased everything associated to little snitch.

[allblue]

Originally Posted by hickey

so for Bit Torrent, the client I use, I would need to leave it unselected since it does connect? Because little snitch was bothering me so much when it would ask to connect to a port, it happened every 5 seconds and would continue to ask about different ports for several minutes. I tried just clicking allow forever continually, but I got so fed up I erased everything associated to little snitch.

I had exactly the same issue with Limewire. If you go to the Little Snitch pref pane you can authorise an app to have unfettered access - as I have done with Limewire and the problem went away.
Specifically; click the padlock and enter admin password; set it to 'User Defined Rules'; then the 'Edit' option in the drop down menu. Choose the app, set it to 'allow' and 'any' port, Save that and you're done.

[hickey]

excellent, thanks allblue. Does everyone else have the demo version, where it says something like you cant run it for more than 3 hours at a time before it quits or something?

[allblue]

Originally Posted by hickey

excellent, thanks allblue. Does everyone else have the demo version, where it says something like you cant run it for more than 3 hours at a time before it quits or something?

Yes did have, and it does just that. You can just start it up again straight away if you want to... or alternatively pay the ten bucks and save yourself the bother!

[allblue]

Correction: $24.95 - I'm sure I didn't pay that much a couple of years ago... or perhaps I'm confusing that with PithHelmet - your essential web browsing pal...

[hickey]

I might spring for the liscenced version once I get some more cash in the near future. Thanks again.

[allblue]