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Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by mback2k »

greenwalls wrote: post #39
ToastyMallows wrote: post #33

Site is getting hammered right now, but everything looks awesome. Are there any settings for VPNs? Does it work with VPNs?

You can use your VPN with GlassWire and it works OK but we haven't tested in detail. I used GlassWire with my own VPN and I didn't see any obvious problems so far.

I just tested GlassWire with OpenVPN on Windows 7 64-bit. I get an instant bluescreen as soon as the GlassWire driver is installed and started and OpenVPN is connected. The order doesn't matter, as soon as both applications are active, boom. Please investigate. I had to manually remove the driver, because the bluescreen occurred during installation and corrupted the deinstallation routine.

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by greenwalls »

zdrummond wrote: post #206
greenwalls wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for your feedback. We'll try to add more transparency. The calling home is for software updates and it shows up on the graph, and GlassWire can even block itself.

Update channels are very hard to secure and is a huge opportunity to take ownership of the software (and from it, the machine). For an example, check out the Defcon 22 talk Hack All the Things[1], page ~61. NTV200-100NAS owned through unsigned updates.... [1] http://download.gtvhacker.com/file/generic/GTVHacker-DEFCON2...

Thank you. We will check it out in detail.

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by winslow »

theflagbug wrote: post #267
winslow wrote: post #197

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It would be really cool to use this with pyQt. I know Qt has styling already so maybe it isn't needed?

This is a WPF library, so I don't think it'd work with pyQt

Oh I know it's a WPF, I just meant a library for pyQT or if Qt could do it by itself.

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by nkg »

greenwalls wrote: post #288
Fundlab wrote: post #243

Why does it only pop up internet explorer icon in the alert? Is it possible to show an icon of what application is initiating the connection instead?

It should show the app that connected, not just IE. Is it only showing IE for you over and over? If so it must be a bug. Please report it to our contact page.

Is there a way to enable e-mail notifications ?

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by shitlord »

Really great work! I installed it yesterday and I have to say that I like it. It's different from most AV/security products in that it is very low-profile -- probably because it is intended for a more technically-inclined audience. It doesn't bother you when you try to do stuff, it doesn't really spam notifications, and it doesn't nag you to buy useless shit.

Is there any way to opt-in to share network stats? I, personally, would not mind and I think it would lead to a stronger product.

Here is a small suggestion. I actually didn't know I could close the tray notifications. When I looked closer at the notification, I saw the X in the top right corner. The X looks just like the background; maybe you should make it a little darker or somehow add more contrast.

Also, I think I may have discovered a bug. GlassWire thinks that Microsoft Word has transferred 253.7 MB, when it was actually Microsoft Silverlight (I was watching Netflix and had MS word open for a while). http://i.imgur.com/84qFF42.png

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by yzzxy »

guardian5x wrote: post #234
yzzxy wrote: post #171

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Despite flat design being categorized as a fad by design news today, I would LOVE a Win2k style desktop with flat design. Could probably just be a texture swap.

Not sure if that is what you mean, but Windows 8 has flat Window borders, buttons, etc. even on the Desktop.

The design language I generally like but I really want hard-to-learn, fast-to-use utilitarian UI like in Windows.

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by dinkumthinkum »

ddevault wrote: post #113

All software related to security should be open source. This particular piece of software doesn't sit at a crucial point in a secure system, but a greater deal of transparency would be appreciated. I personally avoid using closed-source tools for security purposes, and especially closed-source tools that are hoping to monetize. I use Linux, though, so I guess it doesn't really matter to me in this case :) I would als…

I think you are conflating security advice with business advice. Obviously, you are not the target audience. I may agree with you on a technical level but on a business one I do not really agree.

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by AriinPHD »

greenwalls, thank you for a lovely looking product. It is definitely a keeper even this early in development. I'm looking forward to seeing it grow.

I've encountered an issue with the Anti-Virus scan function. I'm using Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and the SEP logs indicate that GlassWire does not perform any scans what so ever. A response to this would be greatly appreciated!

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by Nilzor »

Kudos wrote: post #278
diminish wrote: post #272

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I feel paranoid, too: Surprise HN; I'm trying to grasp why this is upvoted so high (1) This submission has a reddit style storified title but doesn't link to the story (2) Uses the word "app" , to catch the mobile crowd, which for Windows wasn't used traditionally (That also explain the top comment, which is about aesthetics) (3) seems to suggest the problem is solved the first time, despite the fact that there are d…

It is the best looking and best presented Windows app I can remember seeing. Can you show me a single app with similar functionality that is presented as well as this?

Why is that relevant? _diminish_ points out misleading marketing in the HN post title. It aggrevates me as well, even though the presentation on their web site is nice and all that.

_edit_: I can see that your post is relevant with regards to (3) - "problem solved for the first time". They may have some features that no others have, such as alerts. There are many similar apps though. One example: Netlimiter http://www.netlimiter.com/

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