OpenSnitch

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Tool and Usage

Project details

License
GPLv3
Programming language
Golang
Author
Simone Margaritelli
Latest release
1.6.5
Latest release date

Project health

97
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Why this tool?

OpenSnitch is a tool based on Little Snitch, a macOS application level firewall. All outgoing connections are monitored and the user is alerted when a new outgoing connection occurs. This allows the user to detect and block any unwanted connections.

How it works

The OpenSnitch tool relies on NFQUEUE, which is an extension for iptables. With this extension software running in userland can intercept IP packets and allow/drop them.

Usage and audience

OpenSnitch is commonly used for network traffic filtering. Target users for this tool are general public and system administrators.

Features

  • Graphical user interface

Tool review and remarks

The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:

Strengths

  • + More than 3000 GitHub stars
  • + The source code of this software is available

Weaknesses

  • - No releases on GitHub available

Author and Maintainers

OpenSnitch is under development by Simone Margaritelli.

Installation

Supported operating systems

OpenSnitch is known to work on Linux.

Dependencies

Several dependencies are required to use OpenSnitch.

  • iptables

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Categories

This tool is categorized as a application firewall.