I remember using Postmasters (PM2E) for router serial connectivity, good times.
Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
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Re: Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
#12Ooh, an article about portmaster(8)! Oh, not portmaster(8)
0 - https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portmaster&sektion...
Re: Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
#13I'd really like to see more technical discussion of Safing's SPN idea and implementation ( https://safing.io/spn/ ). If I've understood it correctly, it seems to be in-line with the general trajectory of where Cloudflare is going with DNS privacy and Apple is going with its relay service. It seems obvious that VPN services should be split into Relay and Exit services so that you don't have to necessarily trust a sing…
From a DNS privacy perspective, ODOH (Oblivious DNS over HTTPS) seems to achieve this at protocol level, with interoperability between providers. While there are tunnelled VPN (separate entry and exit), they always seem to be with the same provider. The iCloud private relay design appears to avoid this.
It would be interesting to see where SPN goes, and more on how it works, as you say.
Re: Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
#14I've been using this for about a month and it's been excellent. Actually dropped nextDNS for it, as my main need for nextDNS was one windows desktop.
Re: Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
#15Are there any plans for a Mac version? Pretty cool that both Windows and Linux both are supported and already exist. Keep up the good work! I also appreciate the easy to read and clear privacy policy about what telemetry and data this SaSS platform collects and how it is handled. https://safing.io/privacy/#article-1-where-we-collect-datapi...
They have considered it and say they will invest in it "once they have the resources" [1]. So I wouldn't expect it anytime soon at all.
[1]: https://docs.safing.io/portmaster/install/status/mac
EDIT: Added link to source
Re: Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
#16Been looking for something like this for my windows computer. Little Snitch has been invaluable over the years but never found anything that covers it’s features for windows
If you are looking for a simple and light firewall (but still better than Windows Firewall), I recommend using Simplewall. It does not require a kernel extension and works with the API provided by Windows to do network filtering.
Re: Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
#17Are there any plans for a Mac version? Pretty cool that both Windows and Linux both are supported and already exist. Keep up the good work! I also appreciate the easy to read and clear privacy policy about what telemetry and data this SaSS platform collects and how it is handled. https://safing.io/privacy/#article-1-where-we-collect-datapi...
For macOS I can strongly recommend Little Snitch. It's not open source, but I like that it's not subscription software and doesn't collect personal data. https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
Why is “not subscription software” necessarily a good thing?
Don’t you want to be the customer rather than the product?
Re: Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
#18Ooh, an article about portmaster(8)! Oh, not portmaster(8) 0 - https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portmaster&sektion...
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
For macOS I can strongly recommend Little Snitch. It's not open source, but I like that it's not subscription software and doesn't collect personal data. https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
Why is “not subscription software” necessarily a good thing? Don’t you want to be the customer rather than the product?
Little Snitch still costs money, it's just a different licensing model. It's not SaSS, so only a one-time fee to purchase for the tool.
The reason I'm open to paying a monthly fee for a SaSS offering is to keep getting new features and timely security updates, and support ensuring the recurring expense aspects of the service can stay alive. It's not entirely clear to me yet why PortMaster needs to be a SaSS, but it's not implausible.
I don't have any Windows or Linux desktop machines in regular use currently, looking forward to trying this out once the Mac version exists.
Re: Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall
#20What's SPN?