You do a good impression of a troll. But I'll go once more, since others are reading this too.
A long time ago, I saw something called "best practice" for firewalls: It said allow what's necessary to do the task, and block everything else. That's about as restrictive as one can get and still function. I've been doing it that way since Windows 95 days, and I'm happy with it.
You have to open gates in order to function. Limit access by app, port/process, domain, IP range, whatever is required. If that's too wide open for your taste, maybe you don't want to use that application.
You don't like opening gates, so you'd rather knock down the fence?
How about having an alarm on the door? Catch the horse before it goes too far.
Yes, security starts with safe apps and safe practices. I think having Littlesnitch is part of safe practices.
Whatever you decide, good luck.
j0nnyc00l wrote:Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your feedback here. But you talk of "broad rules", "minimizing requests", denying "strange" requests and, of course (as I did) Google's analytics. Is that it? "Broad rules" are like wide gates for anyone to slip through, and if you don't think the "strange" requests are malicious then why block them?
A long time ago, I saw something called "best practice" for firewalls: It said allow what's necessary to do the task, and block everything else. That's about as restrictive as one can get and still function. I've been doing it that way since Windows 95 days, and I'm happy with it.
You have to open gates in order to function. Limit access by app, port/process, domain, IP range, whatever is required. If that's too wide open for your taste, maybe you don't want to use that application.
Without such a thing, I think people are better off simply learning more about how to conduct themselves properly on the web than employing Little Snitch. Bolting the door after the horse has escaped, springs to mind.
You don't like opening gates, so you'd rather knock down the fence?
How about having an alarm on the door? Catch the horse before it goes too far.
Yes, security starts with safe apps and safe practices. I think having Littlesnitch is part of safe practices.
Whatever you decide, good luck.