gsocket VS npf

Compare gsocket vs npf and see what are their differences.

gsocket

Connect like there is no firewall. Securely. (by hackerschoice)

npf

NPF: packet filter with stateful inspection, NAT, IP sets, etc. (by rmind)
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gsocket npf
11 1
1,335 227
3.4% -
9.1 0.0
5 days ago about 1 year ago
C C
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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gsocket

Posts with mentions or reviews of gsocket. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-21.

npf

Posts with mentions or reviews of npf. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • Setting Up A Jenkins Server On NetBSD
    1 project | dev.to | 4 Oct 2020
    Configure some basic firewall rules for NPF to block all incoming traffic except SSH, HTTP and HTTPS. Note that the network interface here may be different:

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gsocket and npf you can also consider the following projects:

webtorrent - ⚡️ Streaming torrent client for the web

esp32_nat_router - A simple NAT Router for the ESP32

bouheki - bouheki is KRSI(eBPF+LSM) based Linux security auditing tool.

esp_wifi_repeater - A full functional WiFi Repeater (correctly: a WiFi NAT Router)

croc - Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:

bpfcov - Source-code based coverage for eBPF programs actually running in the Linux kernel

magic-wormhole - get things from one computer to another, safely

miniupnp - UPnP IGD implementation

OctopusWAF - OctopusWAF is a WAF( Web application firewall) with high performance, made in C language and use libevent.

the_router - TheRouter is a software packet router based on DPDK an NPF libraries.

trex-core - trex-core site