[mikeryan]

When I saw this headline I assumed it was Little Snitch an existing network monitor and firewall for Macs.

Might need a different name.

https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

[wkat4242]

There's also a Linux clone of little snitch, OpenSnitch.

[zormal]

There's also https://github.com/snitch-org/snitch with the AUR package name 'snitch'.

[stressback]

Seems like a fine name. Why would little snitch existing necessitate a name change?

[charcircuit]

Because it's potentially trademark infringement because it could confuse people.

[consp]

Can you actually trademark a common word? (Serious question)

[janzer]

Yes, Apple, Windows, Amazon, Shell, Target, Dove, Ivory, Tide, Polo.

(With help from Claude completing the list)

[satiated_grue]

Remember the trademark fights between Apple Music (Beatles) and Apple Computer? Interesting history.

[kalleboo]

Sosumi!

[Angostura]

Yes, but only for a fair tight class of business

[cretinoid]

Exactly right.

[karol-broda]

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

[mrjay42]

Wow that's so nice, would there be an equivalent for PC? (Windows or Linux)

[guessmyname]

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/

[hwj]

I've been a long time Litte Snitch user. However, these days I'm just using LuLu: https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html

[teruakohatu]

Why did you switch? Price? OSS? Or does LuLu have compelling features?

[hwj]

It's a mix of everything (in no particular order):

- the author of LuLu is a security researcher; he also wrote "The Art of Mac Malware"

- I already bought two versions of Little Snitch and wasn't willing to pay for the third one

- contacting their support left a bitter aftertaste

[teruakohatu]

> - I already bought two versions of Little Snitch and wasn't willing to pay for the third one

I have probably also paid for three versions. It’s a great piece of software and they do not require upgrades excessively.

But I will try LuLu. I would rather my security software was OSS.

[mrjay42]

Thank you <3

[westurner]

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...

[cretinoid]

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?

[inejge]

> 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.

[monster_truck]

It's not even a friendly word