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by dhaavi 3y ago
Thanks for the mention. If anything is missing on the filter lists to block this stuff, let me know, I'll add it asap.
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by dhaavi 3y ago
CTO of Safing here. I hope I can bring some clarity into this. Portmaster is actually a privacy suite consisting of many features and modules. It is often described as an "application firewall" to give people a quick, but incomple
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by dhaavi 3y ago
Manjaro actually includes Portmaster [0] as a package [1], which is now being moved to "extra". [0] https://safing.io/portmaster [1] https://software.manjaro.org/package/portmaster-stub
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Damn Application Mesh Network(safing.io)
2 points by dhaavi 3y ago|1 comments
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Safing Intra-Mesh: Service-Mesh, but for Your Intranet(safing.io)
1 points by dhaavi 3y ago|0 comments
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by dhaavi 4y ago
I don't know what you mean by "flexible", but you could check if what we are building - Portmaster Privacy Suite - goes in that direction: https://safing.io/
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by dhaavi 4y ago
https://safing.io/
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Thanks for providing additional information to readers. However, this is not entirely correct. Let me clarify: - Community nodes are used to diversify server ownership and strengthen the privacy of connections. - Community nodes may technic
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by dhaavi 4y ago
If you're up to trying something new, we've built a technology to replace consumer privacy VPNs: https://safing.io/spn/ Technical summary of the SPN (Safing Privacy Network): - A Privacy Network aimed at use
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by dhaavi 4y ago
CTO of Safing here. I am sorry this has caused confusion. In principle it is very simple: The Portmaster software itself is completely free and there is no catch. The only thing we charge for is access to our VPN-alternative, the SPN. This
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Portmaster is an application firewall similar to Little Snitch that works on Windows and Linux. When prompting, it suspends connections for a short amount of time, which, as far as I remember when implementing it, is configurable. I can che
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Here ist the technical introduction: https://github.com/safing/portmaster#feature-safing-privacy-...
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by dhaavi 4y ago
If you enable the SPN, everything is routed through the SPN by default and will go over at least two hops. You can change this to your preference. Most things can be configured per-app. The SPN is the only service-like feature, all other fe
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by dhaavi 4y ago
No. The SPN uses multiple hops with onion encryption - just like Tor. Your user/pass is never sent to the network servers, but only to the account server, which gives you blind-signed access tokens, so the servers of the network only k
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Could you go into a bit more detail what was confusing or what information you felt was missing when looking at the website?
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Nope. Portmaster is a full fledged application firewall. Bypassing is not trivial, if not impossible. SPN is _not_ part of the free version. If you can pinpoint where you might have gotten this feeling, it would be great if you could tell u
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by dhaavi 4y ago
This is exactly the things we are aiming for, as Portmaster is intended to be as easy to use as possible. We currently already have special support for AppImage and Snap packages on Linux and Windows Store apps and "svchost.exe service
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The fastest-growing open-source startups in 2022(runacap.com)
1 points by dhaavi 4y ago|0 comments
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by dhaavi 4y ago
We are developing the Portmaster Application Firewall that has a couple nice privacy and security features, including network monitoring. Open Source. Linux & Windows. Android in progress. https://safing.io/ If you chec
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by dhaavi 4y ago
We just happen to have a blog post about that. ;) https://safing.io/blog/2022/04/11/portmaster-vs-simplewall/
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Pretty much. As far as I understood, NDIS was replaced by WFP (Windows Filtering Platform). We built our own driver that uses WFP and as such is on the same level as the Windows firewall itself, meaning we can veto its decisions.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
We have all the required data, but not put on a map yet. You can group connections by country in the meantime to get a feel for where things are going. (You can also group by multiple values for a bit more detail.)
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by dhaavi 4y ago
If anyone is interested in something (open source) like this for Windows: We are building Portmaster, which is a bit less nerdy, but features a "fancy" UI, advanced search and more: https://safing.io/ Edited to ad
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Thanks. Was not aware of that. I bought/read it in 2015, I think. I'll check out Serious Cryptography - just found out that I already have it! I like JP's approach to things and his bold thinking.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
I recommend reading Cryptography Engineering [0] and then re-evaluating the design and then get it audited. I took that path and I learned a ton and still had (some smaller) issues in the audit. [0] https://www.schneier.com/
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by dhaavi 4y ago
This. Sad, I can only upvote once.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
This is about (re)liability, rather than features. Meaning, this is the first stock car you can actually buy where you do not need to hold the wheel anymore when it is self-driving.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
There are 3 big parts: - The firewall itself with rules, filter lists, and so on - https://safing.io/features/ - Secure DNS (DoT/DoH resolver) - https://safing.io/features/ - "SPN":
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by dhaavi 4y ago
You might enjoy Safing's Portmaster Firewall then: https://safing.io/ It's open source and is quickly surpassing GlassWire's capabilities. Disclaimer: I'm Founder/CTO of Safing.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Afaik, it does not use Tor from within the browser, but uses a proxy server into Tor. That could have changed though.

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