Comment by mikeryan
2 days ago
When I saw this headline I assumed it was Little Snitch an existing network monitor and firewall for Macs.
Might need a different name.
2 days ago
When I saw this headline I assumed it was Little Snitch an existing network monitor and firewall for Macs.
Might need a different name.
There's also a Linux clone of little snitch, OpenSnitch.
There's also https://github.com/snitch-org/snitch with the AUR package name 'snitch'.
Seems like a fine name. Why would little snitch existing necessitate a name change?
Because it's potentially trademark infringement because it could confuse people.
Can you actually trademark a common word? (Serious question)
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Exactly right.
i am not sure if this would need a different name, you may just have this association because you are using little snitch, but they have completely different use-cases. for now this will just be a way to display ss/netstat data in the terminal in a nice way
Wow that's so nice, would there be an equivalent for PC? (Windows or Linux)
1. Linux → https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch
2. Windows → https://www.glasswire.com/
3. Windows (open source) → https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
4. Windows → https://safing.io/
I've been a long time Litte Snitch user. However, these days I'm just using LuLu: https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html
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Thank you <3
dotfiles/scripts/netstatpsutil.py: https://github.com/westurner/dotfiles/blob/develop/scripts/n...
Textual or similar for a top-like mode would be cool someday
scripts/lsof.sh does lsof from /proc/*: https://github.com/westurner/dotfiles/blob/develop/scripts/l...
I immediately thought of that too. The names these people come up with are so embarrassing. And I'm not even talking about the meaning of 'snitch'. But you already have a tool within the same IT area that is basically named the same. Why the hell would you do that? Aren't there other words in the dictionary?
> The names these people come up with are so embarrassing. And I'm not even talking about the meaning of 'snitch'.
They should call it "rat" and be done with it.
Besides, "snitch" works for Little Snitch -- I've always found it somehow endearing, although the bare word is unflattering.
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It's not even a friendly word