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1 day ago | almost 3 years ago | |
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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.
simplewall
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PECKER BURST - PING - SERVER issues fix!
EU server list: https://pastebin.com/raw/Sh1VXdTZ - compatibile with simplewall - just update game install path for records (find & replace all)
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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)
- How to remove telemetry completely with one open source simple firewall
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Something went wrong with pin
Edit: Now that I am back on a PC I did find this https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall/issues/1307 Basically same issue I had and how to address it. Figured I post for future readers lol.
- Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser using mDNS
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Asian rage cheaters on Europe servers.
Using third party software. Yes. (it is just gui for windows firewall)
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OpenSnitch in Debian ready for prime time
I use OpenSnitch on Linux which is great, and if you are looking for a similar software for Windows I can recommend simplewall.
https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
- New iCUE v5.1 update
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Any free alternatives to Glasswire? (personal firewall with per-app blocking and bandwidth monitor). •
I'm currently using https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
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Configuration to allow mobile hotspot on windows 10?
I have been using simplewall for a long time. I love it. But I can not use mobile hotspot for local wireless lan.
What are some alternatives?
opensnitch - OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch.
firewall
audacity - Audio Editor
WindowsSpyBlocker - Block spying and tracking on Windows
spn - Safing Privacy Network
CCStopper - [Archived] Stops Adobe's pesky background apps and more 😉
LuLu - LuLu is the free macOS firewall
portmaster-packaging - Portmaster packages and installers
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
SecureUxTheme - 🎨 A secure boot compatible in-memory UxTheme patcher
org.audacityteam.Audacity
privacy.sexy - Open-source tool to enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, macOS and Linux, because privacy is sexy