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16 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 2 stories, 14 comments · first 2020-06-16 · latest 2025-01-24

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  1. This looks similar, Safing Portmaster https://github.com/safing/portmaster
    comment by jazzyjackson · 2025-01-24 · in Little Snitch feature nobody knows about
  2. 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…
    comment by dhaavi · 2023-08-21 · in Portmaster Application Firewall v1.4
  3. Are you referring to Portmaster? https://github.com/safing/portmaster/ If so, it "is currently not available for macOS". https://docs.safing.io/portmaster/install/status/mac
    comment by sea-gold · 2023-05-14 · in OpenSnitch in Debian ready for prime time
  4. TIL! thanks. https://github.com/safing/portmaster https://safing.io/
    comment by Thoreandan · 2023-03-23 · in Little Snitch Mini
  5. Here ist the technical introduction: https://github.com/safing/portmaster#feature-safing-privacy-...
  6. …These tags are then used to match a settings profile. You can find the implementations here: https://github.com/safing/portmaster/tree/develop/process/ta... We almost had an implementation ready for what you want (matching the parent…
  7. It is at least open source unlike others: https://github.com/safing/portmaster
  8. …DNS set to 127.0.0.1 and the same setting on the netwerk controller both can life together." from https://github.com/safing/portmaster/issues/313
  9. …once that lands, if it hasn't already, I'll be a loyal daily user. EDIT: Adding GitHub issue link https://github.com/safing/portmaster/issues/398
  10. …is likely to take a while until we get to these topics, our focus lays elsewhere at the moment. [0] https://github.com/safing/portmaster/issues/382
  11. …I guess they get the domain name from the ssl handshake packets (sni) [3] which is in plaintext [1] https://github.com/safing/portmaster/blob/22507e879be95c7b0f... [2] https://github.com/safing/portmaster-windows-kext [3]…
  12. …connect to an IP it has not resolved a domain name for. That's what we can do with the Portmaster ( https://github.com/safing/portmaster ). Check it out!
  13. > bypasses any system resolvers configured on the host With the Portmaster ( https://github.com/safing/portmaster ) we actually tackle this problem by notifying software (eg. Firefox) or blocking their connections, forcing them back to…
  14. With the Portmaster ( https://github.com/safing/portmaster ) we're going in that direction, but it will take a couple more years to be able to go that deep. Have a look!