[Discuss] Little Snitch,tcpblock, other Mac OS TCP/IP cops?

[Scott Ehrlich]

I was recently introduced to Little Snitch and tcpblock as firewalls
for the Mac.    At home, I downloaded and  tested each, along with
reviewing Mac's built-in firewall.

So far, only Little Snitch prompts me for any incoming and outgoing
traffic, and has a nice side option of resolving DNS IPs.

The larger question is what other programs do people recommend for a
network/firewall monitor for Mac OS?   I have Snow Leopard.

I'd rather go with free, but tcpblock, even with Growl installed, did
nothing to prompt me for anything.   They simply existed on the
system, taking up resources.

I ended up uninstalling them.

I found http://mac.appstorm.net/reviews/utilities/little-snitch-vs-hands-off-which-monitoring-utility-is-better/
per a google search of "little snitch reviews"

I'd like to learn what other people do and use on their Macs.   I
don't mind manual dns lookups, but it would be nice to learn what is
out there, and, in particular, what people use.

I have used noscript on firefox, but I actively use chrome now since
Firefox has given me problems under MacOS.

Thanks for your experiences and insights.

Scott