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Have a look at OpenSnitch: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch Never used it myself, only remembering it from my thesis days about essentially the same topic. I see they made the jump away from Python to Go and I'm also somewhat…

comment by thg · 2022-02-23 · in Host Firewalls (2020)

I use opensnitch, is mentioned above as well. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by tskx2003 · 2022-01-04 · in Show HN: Picosnitch – a reliable and lightweight security/privacy tool for Linux

Some similarish things mentioned on the Debian privacy issues page: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch https://github.com/kushaldas/unoon https://github.com/nsntrace/nsntrace https://wiki.debian.org/PrivacyIssues#Detection_tools

comment by pabs3 · 2022-01-03 · in Show HN: Picosnitch – a reliable and lightweight security/privacy tool for Linux

…Windows (can't remember the name)... iptables can't even do that as far as I know... but there is https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch that I still need to try (I no longer use Windows).

comment by hffft · 2022-01-02 · in Portmaster – Open-source network monitor and firewall

Also there's OpenSnitch for Linux, available here: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch I don't use it all the time but it is occasionally useful (or just satisfies my curiosity about what's phoning home)

comment by nmstoker · 2022-01-01 · in Portmaster – Open-source network monitor and firewall

…that operates like Little Snitch [1] This is not meant to be used in your server deployments. [1] - https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by LinuxBender · 2021-12-12 · in Ask HN: In light of Log4J why don’t we use outbound firewalls?

…of absence of LS alternative. Since Open Snitch I happily run my personal computer with PureOS. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch The amount of system mothership calling on any platform is mind boggling. And everything has…

comment by nbzso · 2021-10-10 · in Waterfox Browser

…an in-and-out-app-specific firewall on linux and only then, I will be happy... something a lot like https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/

comment by rastafang · 2021-09-26 · in How great is the great firewall? Measuring China’s DNS censorship [pdf]

Well, if you have Linux, you can use: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch For Windows you can try Portmaster: https://safing.io/portmaster/ or Glasswire: https://www.glasswire.com/?os=win

comment by URfejk · 2021-07-04 · in Sniper – block advertisements, tracking and more at the network level

…is mentioned[2] in the reddit thread and was most recently featured on HN last year[3]. [1] https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch [2] https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/od3h8b/audacity_may_... [3]…

comment by miles · 2021-07-04 · in Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation” and more

…to be unmaintained, but looking just now it apparently has some commits on master recently again: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by sneak · 2021-05-20 · in Landlock merged in mainline for Linux 5.13

From https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/wiki/Why-OpenSnitch... : > Why OpenSnitch does not intercept application XXX > > tl;dr > > - because we don't use eBPF. > - a process is opening connections too fast (nmap for example, firefox…

comment by dsissitka · 2021-03-14 · in EBPFSnitch: An eBPF based Linux Application Firewall

If you're interested in this, you may be interested in this as well: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch It has a GUI interface as well.

comment by aptmiguk · 2021-03-14 · in EBPFSnitch: An eBPF based Linux Application Firewall

…makes annoying popup dynamic firewalls possible. 1. https://github.com/nathants/tinysnitch 2. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by nathants · 2021-01-30 · in Wayland Keylogger

https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch However, if you allow everything to 80/443, the extensions would still be able to connect to their servers. Maybe the browsers should add the ability to allow/deny connections per extension.…

comment by gus_ · 2021-01-03 · in The Great Suspender: New maintainer is probably malicious

…personally -- it works well, but is a bit of a PITA to build. Time to buy the devs a coffee... [1] https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch [2] https://github.com/gustavo-iniguez-goya/opensnitch

comment by azalemeth · 2020-11-22 · in Douane: Linux personal firewall with per application rule controls

The subject of this thread are application firewalls, like Little Snitch or https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch . To be fair I haven't looked at the state of Linux app firewalls in years, maybe there's something better available, but…

comment by blub · 2020-11-16 · in Apple apps on Big Sur bypass some firewalls and VPNs

There's OpenSnitch, but it's a WIP: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by input_sh · 2020-10-21 · in Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur

If you haven't come across it yet - here's OpenSnitch: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by simit · 2020-07-17 · in Ask HN: Advanced Linux users, which distribution do you run? Why?

[1] https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch maybe?

comment by LargoLasskhyfv · 2020-06-06 · in Why I Use Suckless Tools

…my machine to its knees unless I ``` sudo service opensnitchd restart ``` once in a while. [1] https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by ressetera · 2020-05-02 · in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it

…used this myself, but OpenSnitch appears to be a popular Linux equivalent to LittleSnitch. [1] - https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by LinuxBender · 2020-03-27 · in Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

OpenSnitch looks promising. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch Tilix is very much like iTerm2. Simple to use too.

comment by 29athrowaway · 2020-03-27 · in Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

there is a project called opensnitch that supposedly does similar things on linux https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch I'm not sure how active it is (no recent activity and there seem to be a lot of forks)

comment by m463 · 2020-03-25 · in Little Snitch and the deprecation of kernel extensions

…on HN recently and someone wrote an alternative UI[0] for it with Fyne which is interesting. [0] https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/257

comment by whatevas4 · 2020-02-10 · in Fyne: Native Mobile UX in Go

…small/interesting repos to do weird/cool things so people can learn about it. Eg, this code: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch (UI in Python but the logic is Go) --- [0]: https://betterdev.link

comment by kureikain · 2020-02-09 · in Become a Better Developer by Reading Source Code

…for this ... if this project is so essential (?), the "Linux community" can fork it and send a PR. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/259#issuecom...

comment by cmroanirgo · 2020-02-02 · in OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall

This project is no longer maintained. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/259

comment by adultSwim · 2020-02-02 · in OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall

…that user has. The fact that this isn't really ideal for single-user desktops notwithstanding. [1] https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/12 [2] https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/171 <- apparently some applications…

comment by bscphil · 2020-02-01 · in OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall

I believe the project may be dead -- https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/issues/259 -- but I see there has been some activity since then.

comment by frio · 2020-02-01 · in OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall

I just recently got back into Linux as a part-time driver and use this for the same purpose: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch Admittedly, I'm a noob so I would be happy to hear about alternatives.

comment by consumer451 · 2019-07-02 · in Superhuman embeds tracking pixels in user emails

…spyware it works nicely and is well worth the effort. Nice way to study what your device does. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by DyslexicAtheist · 2019-01-14 · in Secure and Ad-Free Internet Anywhere with Streisand and Pi Hole

…time, which is why you'll likely never see it as part of a structured firewall builder like this. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by dsl · 2018-12-08 · in FireHOL – Linux firewalling and traffic shaping for humans

There is https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch Haven't used it though.

comment by pantalaimon · 2018-03-22 · in TCP Tracepoints have arrived in Linux

…been touched in a while. Someone needs to step up and maintain it (maybe I should do that...). [1]: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by cyphar · 2018-03-21 · in Blocklist Facebook domains

…has little snitch, closest for Linux was opensnitch which was announced on HN few months back - https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/ but I'm not sure whether it's actively being developed though.

comment by Abishek_Muthian · 2018-01-20 · in LuLu: An open-source macOS firewall that blocks unknown outgoing connections

There is OpenSnitch ( https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch ) but I'm not sure how well it compares?

comment by amatecha · 2017-07-05 · in Little Snitch 4 is now available in final and stable version

https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch

comment by based2 · 2017-06-12 · in Conntrack-Tools: Linux Interactions with the Connection Tracking System

…underlying kernel infrastructure, that's used e.g. by iptables to set rules for packets. From this https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/blob/master/opensni... , it looks like OpenSnitch uses iptables to set rules so that the kernel…

comment by detaro · 2017-05-03 · in OpenSnitch – A Linux clone of the Little Snitch application firewall

If I understand it correctly, it only intercepts DNS and the beginning of new connections: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/blob/master/opensni...

comment by detaro · 2017-05-03 · in OpenSnitch – A Linux clone of the Little Snitch application firewall