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Little Snitch 6 supports hosts file import, third-party StevenBlack import is not necessary #495

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jhmaster2000 opened this issue Mar 5, 2025 · 0 comments

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From the README: (emphasis added)

If you're using a firewall like Little Snitch, you could use the StevenBlack/hosts importing the rules from leohidalgo/little-snitch---rule-groups repository, these rules are updated every 12 hours from the StevenBlack/hosts repository.

From Little Snitch's website on the topic of Blocklists:

Little Snitch supports the following formats:

  • hosts: If the downloaded file appears to be in /etc/hosts format, the list is treated as blocklist of computer names.

I have personally verified that entering the direct URL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts in the Blocklists (+) -> Enter Blocklist URL... prompt works fine:

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As such the recommendation to use leohidalgo/little-snitch---rule-groups's repository (added in #431) seems unnecessary at best, and at worst, an added attack surface should such proxy repository be compromised somehow, even if the owner is well-intentioned, which I do believe they are, no offense to them, but they can still get hacked or similar.

I am suggesting that section of the README be removed or changed to only point to the official StevenBlack repository as needed.

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