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Re:Apple apps on Big Sur bypass some firewalls and VPNs by wizee on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:17PM (#25115784)
The PF (BSD Packet Filter) firewall built into Mac OS covers apple processes. However, I don't think its interfaces are sufficient to implement the functionality of Little Snitch. The new-ish NEFilterDataProvider API used by Little Snitch on Big Sur is neutered by allowing Apple apps to bypass it.
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