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by dhaavi 4y ago
"can" or "does"? ;) I guess it does not. How far will they go though? Will uBlock in Brave be able to block the ads?
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Their example screenshot shows their own VPN as the first result for "VPN". Reminds me of this other search engine.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
> imply that I can set various settings to different tiers - 7 for trusted, for untrusted, 4 for hacked Check out this page on the docs: https://docs.safing.io/portmaster/guides/network-rating > sync setting
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Great! While it happens, simply go to the "Get Help" page in Portmaster and click on "Report Bug". It will collect some debug info and you can create an issue directly on GitHub from there.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Possibly, but more mid- to long-term. The device limit is hard, but we need to limit usage somewhere, as we don't see how much bandwidth one user uses. Can you elaborate on your use case where you have more than 5 devices?
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by dhaavi 4y ago
I understand. Most repos have a "./pack" script that correctly builds all assets. You can then place them as "v0.0.0" (as _v0-0-0) in the updates directory. If you put Portmaster into dev mode (--devmode) it will lo
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Yes! For reference: https://safing.io/
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Q: How does SPN differ from a VPN, in detail? In other comments you said that it's similar to Tor, but what does that actually mean? If you haven't read these post [0][1] already, please do so and come back with any remaining ques
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Ha, what a timing! Just 2 days ago on HN front page: Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33481518 Disclaimer: I'm the CTO.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Yes, we definitely want to improve here. The thing is that Portmaster consists of a lot of components[0]. I don't think we'll get around creating a docker image that does all the steps automatically - as far as possible. For Windo
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Thanks for elaborating. Shopping logs is easy technically, but what to put in there? Just mirror the logs from the local instance or just limit it to connections? Which format, what data? We recently switched to an in-mem SQLite database fo
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Angular with TailwindCSS. Currently running in an electron instance, with the plan to switch (back) to a webview provided by the OS. UI is served by the background process, so you can also open it in the browser at 127.0.0.1:817 - if you ha
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Q: Which versions of Windows do you support? Windows 10+11 full. Windows 7+8 without desktop notifications. Q: Also what happens with the firewall that ships with Windows when you install Safing? Currently nothing. It stays there and active
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by dhaavi 4y ago
You can disable the Seamless DNS Integration[0], and configure DNS manually [1]. DNS queries will still have to go through Portmaster. It does regular self-checks and will nag you until you fix it. [0] https://docs.safing.io&#x2F
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by dhaavi 4y ago
You can use anything: DNS Configuration Guide: https://docs.safing.io/portmaster/guides/dns-configuration
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Yes. Good points. Well, the first thing we might do is just a "Only an Administrator can make changes." setting where you only admin accounts are allowed to change settings. This one makes sense. Everything beyond that gets compli
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Well, that depends on the use case. You might call it an indirect competitor.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
We still don't have first-class support for VMs, but it will come.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
There is a welcome screen that informs you of Portmaster handling and securing DNS queries with the option to change the provider. But especially with a VPN the privacy is increased as it effectively becomes DNS-over-TLS/HTTPS-over-VPN
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Thanks! That's exactly what we are aiming for! About your DNS issues: Have you opened an issue on GitHub yet?
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by dhaavi 4y ago
It's a software for clients / desktops.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Portmaster still (and probably always will) require a local DNS server. Why? Because there is not always and will be less ways in the future to find out which Domain an IP address belongs to. GlassWire will probably become quite blind as so
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Pretty much all VPNs use their own DNS servers. Their "DNS Leak Tests" just check if queries come from that DNS server. Portmaster overrides any custom DNS server and enforces the ones the user set - or are set by default. This &q
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by dhaavi 4y ago
That would be true if would be resolving all DNS yourself. Nowadays everyone uses a recursive resolver. See my other answer for details about this case.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Thanks for raising these questions. It is a client-side application firewall for Windows and Linux.
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by dhaavi 4y ago
The SPN (Safing Privacy Network) aims to fill the area between VPNs and Tor. VPNs provide very little real privacy and Tor is (outside Tor Browser) very difficult to setup and configure. Yes, you are correct, there are similarities there. E
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Sorry about that. It's "Safing Privacy Network".
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Q: What's the performance impact on this, especially on windows? Basically negligible. Secure DNS might be a bit slower and you might feel some impact on low end devices. Q: Also what would happen if I installed a Windows gateway, usin
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by dhaavi 4y ago
We have improved a lot since then. Please try again and open an issue on GitHub if something does not work - as you said. Linux install options: https://docs.safing.io/portmaster/install/linux
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by dhaavi 4y ago
Thanks! 1. Does Safing own and operate all the exit nodes or can folks add their own nodes to it? Everyone can join. We also plan to compensate in some way in the future. Docs: https://docs.safing.io/spn/hosting-a-commu

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