iPhone Simulator

[bladnman]

I cannot seem to construct a rule that allows apps in the iPhone Simulator through no matter what. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Is there, perhaps, a fuzzy rule that allows patterns? Something like

ALWAYS ALLOW
~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/*


Note that the way xCode manages executions in the simulator is to always create a new directory name for each Run. This represents itself as a new "location" to Snitch.

Or, as a secondary scenario, is there a way to say "allow all new traffic not in the already created rules"? Something that would white-list anything new that Snitch sees, but constrains the ones I already have rules for?

[perenzo]

Hi, I am also very very interested in an answer to that question. It is very annoying for iPhone development. If this feature does not exist I would suggest it as a feature request.

[r.giskard]

I cannot seem to construct a rule that allows apps in the iPhone Simulator through no matter what. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Or, as a secondary scenario, is there a way to say "allow all new traffic not in the already created rules"? Something that would white-list anything new that Snitch sees, but constrains the ones I already have rules for?

This can be achieved by adding an 'All Applications Allow any connection' rule manually using Little Snitch Configuration. This rule will prevent further Little Snitch Connection alerts. But your already existing deny rules are still effective. Of course you can also add a 'All Applications Deny any connection' rule which will silently deny all connections which aren't already explicitly allowed by a rule.

[perenzo]

If I do ' 'All Applications Allow any connection' this is the same as turning off Little Snitch! This is not helpful...

[h1d]

"But your already existing deny rules are still effective."

[rstar]

Is there a solution for this yet? It is really, really annoying!

(aside from the solution to "allow any connection", that's not what I'm looking for)

[leeus]

I too would love this, so annoying at the moment. I need to create a rule to allow iPhone simulator exclusions!

[mr.austin]

I saw this original post some time ago and was hoping something may have come out of it by now. I am having the same issue with Little Snitch and iPhone development and would really like to find a solution.

To re-clarify the situation, every time you run an app in the iPhone simulator, Little Snitch interprets it as a new application and therefore prompts you to allow or deny every network request the application makes. When you're debugging, you end up running your application many times per minute and obviously having to re-allow all of these network connections each time from your own application can be very counter-productive and frustrating without adding any value.

In regard to the suggestion that we add an "All Applications Allow any connection" rule, this would effectively result in the following situation:

1. Little Snitch is effectively disabled, with the exception of applications you've already blocked.
2. Any new applications or any new requests from existing applications will automatically be allowed

If you're ok with the situation described above, you don't need Little Snitch at all and have probably waste your money by paying for it. A Little Snitch configured to allow all applications to make any connection is useless.

So, hopefully that has clarified the situation. What I would like to see is the ability to accept or deny a network connection on a 'per iPhone application' basis and have that policy apply to subsequent launches of the same iPhone application.

[TheAggie]

I too really need a solution to this problem. I don't want to allow all connections except those that Little Snitch already has a rule for as that completely defeats the purpose of using it in the first place. I believe the only workable solution would be to have a rule which allows all applications under a certain directory to have access. If there is already a solution to this problem which I'm overlooking, please let me know!

[Dohsane]

I am looking for a solution to this, as well. Anyone know if this is something that is being investigated by the development team?

[RichardBronosky]

If an idea as basic and common as this cannot elicit a response, I have little hope for the future of this product which I love. I too would like to see this feature added.

[JayC]

We know that it was the best idea to allow the simulator no matter what to do. It is because, it has a good process to think some good direction to the phone. It would create a high advantage for the iPhone to make this resolution.