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Hi, one of the developers here. Did not expect this to land on HN. For iOS, my understanding was that Apple already provides a built-in firewall? Besides, the
by ignoramous 6y ago
Hi, one of the developers here. Did not expect this to land on HN.
For iOS, my understanding was that Apple already provides a built-in firewall?
Besides, the APIs to track connections/flows per application aren't necessarily available on iOS [0]?
I used to hack on AOSP for a living, so kind of right at home with Android, right now.
[0} https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/filtering_network_traffic https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/f...
- angott 6y agoThat API you're linking is only available on macOS (see the column on the right side of the page).
- ignoramous 6y agoYeah, that was the point I was trying to make. I am not aware of APIs on iOS that let VPN apps track and block per app connections flows. Digging a bit deeper in the developer docs, it looks like it may be possible? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/app_proxy_provider https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/a... Given that the core firewall is implemented in Go, we should be able to port it to iOS without much worry. But first, must arrange funds to purchase a Mac and an iPhone :)
- machello13 6y agoJust a heads-up that at the end of that support doc, it says the API is only available for managed devices on iOS.