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Re:LuLu: An open-source macOS firewall that blocks unknown o... by hendersoon on Friday January 19, 2018 @09:12PM (#16191648)
Yes, that's correct. MacOS handles this better. But really it only comes up when you run a _new_ program, so it's not a major problem.
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Re:LuLu: An open-source macOS firewall that blocks unknown o... by tetraodonpuffer on Friday January 19, 2018 @09:19PM (#16191670)
it is because one of the major use cases for an outgoing firewall is when installing new software, which is where you also want to be careful what the application connects to, which does not work very well at all compared to Little Snitch
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