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mikeryantoday at 3:12 AM4 repliesview on HN

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


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wkat4242today at 3:15 AM

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

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stressbacktoday at 6:35 AM

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

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mrjay42today at 9:30 AM

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

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cretinoidtoday at 7:07 AM

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?

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