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portmaster | LuLu | |
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202 | 46 | |
8,524 | 9,135 | |
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9.3 | 7.3 | |
about 20 hours ago | about 2 months ago | |
Go | Objective-C | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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portmaster
- Portmaster is a privacy suite for your Windows and Linux desktop
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I pwned half of America's fast food chains, simultaneously
There's a very good relatively new open-source GUI firewall app like this called Portmaster:
https://safing.io/
It's available for Windows and Linux
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Port forwarding done by university network admin, they opened every port past 1024???
You can get your own firewall app. Portmaster by safing.io lets you open and close what ever ports you want on your windows system
- A recommendation for adblock
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Zen: Ad-blocker and privacy guard for Windows, MacOS and Linux
amazing work OP! what's the difference between zen and portmaster? :) i would like to compare options to see which one fits my needs the best way
- Portmaster open-source application firewall
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Portmaster Application Firewall v1.4
For Context: Technical Introduction from https://github.com/safing/portmaster#technical-introduction
Portmaster is a privacy suite for your Windows and Linux desktop.
Base Technology
- Portmaster integrates into network stack using nfqueue on Linux and a kernel driver (WFP) on Windows.
- Packets are intercepted at the raw packet level - every packet is seen and can be stopped.
- Ownership of connections is found using eBPF and `/proc` on Linux and a kernel driver and the IP Helper API (`iphlpapi.dll`) on Windows.
- Most settings can be defined per app, which can be matched in different ways.
- Support for special processes with weird or concealed paths/actors:
--- Snap, AppImage and Script support on Linux
--- Windows Store apps and svchost.exe system services support on Windows
- Everything is 100% local on your device. (except the SPN, naturally)
--- Updates are fully signed and downloaded automatically.
--- Intelligence data (block lists, geoip) is downloaded and applied automatically.
- The Portmaster Core Service runs as a system service, the UI elements (App, Notifier) run in user context.
- The main UI still uses electron as a wrapper :/ - but this will change in the future. You can also open the UI in the browser
Feature: Secure DNS
- Portmaster intercepts "astray" DNS queries and reroutes them to itself for seamless integration.
- DNS queries are resolved by the default or configured DoT/DoH resolvers.
- Full support for split horizon and horizon validation to defend against rebinding attacks.
Feature: Privacy Filter
- Define allowed network scopes: Localhost, LAN, Internet, P2P, Inbound.
- Easy rules based on Internet entities: Domain, IP, Country and more.
- Filter Lists block common malware, ad, tracker domains etc.
Feature: Network History ($)
- Record connections and their details in a local database and search all of it later
- Auto-delete old history or delete on demand
Feature: Bandwidth Visibility ($)
- Monitor bandwidth usage per connection and app
Feature: SPN - Safing Privacy Network ($)
- A Privacy Network aimed at use cases "between" VPN and Tor.
- Uses onion encryption over multiple hops just like Tor.
- Routes are chosen to cover most distance within the network to increase privacy.
- Exits are chosen near the destination server. This automatically geo-unblocks in many cases.
- Exclude apps and domains/entities from using SPN.
- Change routing algorithm and focus per app.
- Nodes are hosted by Safing (company behind Portmaster) and the community.
- Speeds are pretty decent (>100MBit/s).
- PSA: Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry by Default
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Thoughts on safing.io
Portmaster itself is open source (https://github.com/safing/portmaster)
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Count me out on next releases
Then install https://safing.io/ (Portmaster); it's free.
LuLu
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Windows users report appearance of unwanted HP app
You could install WPD (https://wpd.app/), use Simplewall (https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall) and a pihole on the network to block a lot, but it's still sad that we need to do this.
Apple alternatives include LuLu (https://github.com/objective-see/LuLu)
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How to build/run a macOS app (code signing issue)
Looking for steps to compile this GitHub project https://github.com/objective-see/LuLu
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Hardening macOS
LuLu is probably the most user-friendly application.
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Privacy risks of indexing
The worst thing that could happen is that one of the governments would specifically ask Apple for the data of everyone in your area, or just you. I don't know how bad this is for you, but with open source programs like LuLu, you can see how much data your computer is sending to Apple in the background without you noticing.
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Ledger Live - Reverse firewall results
There's also a free (open source) equivalent available, called Lulu: https://github.com/objective-see/LuLu
- I'm new macbook user
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Koliko operativnih sistema za vise od jednog klijenta?
jok, https://github.com/objective-see/LuLu
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Firewall for Mac recommendation
Lulu is open source and free, with 7.8k stars on GitHub.
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The best Mac Apps to unlock your max potential (recommended by users of r/MacOs )
LuLu is a free alternative for LittleSnitch
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Essential macOS-only apps for 2023
LuLu, a free and open-source firewall
What are some alternatives?
simplewall - Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
adobe-packager - Script that allows to download portable installers of different versions Adobe software for macOS
opensnitch - OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch.
RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions
audacity - Audio Editor
AppPolice - MacOS app for quickly limiting CPU usage by running applications
spn - Safing Privacy Network
musescore-downloader - ⚠️ This repo has moved to https://github.com/LibreScore/dl-librescore ⚠️ | Download sheet music (MSCZ, PDF, MusicXML, MIDI, MP3, download individual parts as PDF) from musescore.com for free, no login or Musescore Pro required | 免登录、免 Musescore Pro,免费下载 musescore.com 上的曲谱
NanaZip - The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience
org.audacityteam.Audacity
portmaster-windows-kext - The Windows kernel-mode driver for Portmaster integration