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How does it compare to Portmaster? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29761978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29761978 Portmaster – Open-source networ
by karlzt 6mo ago
How does it compare to Portmaster?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29761978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29761978
Portmaster – Open-source network monitor and firewall
[315 points | 113 comments]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23539687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23539687
Show HN: Block trackers system-wide on Linux/Windows, a Pi-hole “to go” alt
[6 points by davegson on June 16, 2020 | 2 comments]
https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=davegson https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=davegson
- littlesnitch 6mo agoAs far as I can tell, they are very different in their goals. Portmaster is targeted at security and business customers, it's surprisingly powerful for an open source project. The interception mechanism seems to be based on iptables, but I skimmed over the source code only quickly. Little Snitch for Linux, on the other hand, is much less complex and tries to analyze and filter based on DNS names, not IP addresses where possible. It is not made for security, but rather to provide insight for the curious what's going on. It hooks into the kernel via eBPF, not iptables.