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		jandrese on Sept 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ntpd won't save you from one particular rogue bit It seems strange that the firewall would block the outbound packet after letting the udp packet from some completely random host in.

geofft on Sept 28, 2017 [–]

Little Snitch is not so much a firewall in the usual sense as a phone-home prevention device. It's primarily interested in blocking outbound traffic (exfiltration), not inbound traffic.

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