Little Snitch updated to 2.0, Leopard compatible
Macworld brings news that everyone's favorite tattletale, Little Snitch, has been updated to version 2.0. The new version brings a whole host of updates, including a new Network Monitor, which will let you know about all outgoing and incoming network traffic. There's also support for IPV6, and a better help and traffic filtering system. Oh, and perhaps most importantly, the whole thing's been overhauled and is now compatible with a little thing called Leopard. I haven't upgraded yet, but considering those other "next-gen" operating systems, I'm not sure if I should.Little Snitch 1 users may be able to upgrade for free (if your version number starts with "32"), if not you pay a discounted rate. If you haven't started using Little Snitch yet, you can try the eval version, or pay $24.95 for the full app. If you have a lot of network traffic coming in and out of your Mac, you might want to consider it-- how else will you know what's coming through there?
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Must have for me. When you first install it, it annoys to no end but after you get all of the parameters set, you forget it's even installed.
November 09 2007 at 2:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI like the name of this program and the icon very much...
November 09 2007 at 12:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNetwork transfer icon is fixed finally. However, turning off that icon, saves so much resources on my system and fan cools down!
November 09 2007 at 12:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThey really do need a new icon. The app looks very nice now. The interface changes are very nice.
I love the network monitor!
@ 6 -- you are incorrect. 1.x did not stop working in leopard...the difference is that in leopard, all outgoing traffic is being routed through kernel_task. so if you "allowed forever" on kernel_task, you *explicitly chose* to make it "let every app do whatever it wants". i have been using 1.x without any issues on leopard.
November 09 2007 at 10:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyInstalled 2.0 last night and absolutely love it. I've not dug through the config options yet but I really like how informative it is when it detects something going out.
I won't say that everyone should have it as many just don't care or will just automatically click it to allow whatever to go through not to mention the non-techie who clicks the wrong selection and then wonders why their app doesn't work. If you're interested in what's going on on your system though, it's a keeper.
Little Snitch is one of the many programs I consider to be 100% necessary for any Mac user - it's powerful, extremely well designed, and most importantly, it works great. I've been using the 2.0 betas for a month or so and I'm glad to see it has reached a full release. The interface improvements may seem like fluff, but they have increased ease of use twofold. Get this program!
November 09 2007 at 8:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGood. I noticed when I moved from Tiger to Leopard that LS stopped working. It's lets every app do whatever it wants w/o any prompts. It's like it's not even installed. Hopefully this update fixes that.
What a great icon. Seriously. It's perfect.
November 09 2007 at 8:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis app is one of my favorites but the upgrade is not free, just for few people who bought the app short time ago. I had to pay another licence and my program is not really old.
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