Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy Firewall

Re:Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy ... by maxloh on Sunday November 06, 2022 @03:24AM (#33490417)

It is not about use cases.

Since Portmaster is open-source, I expected that I can modify and compile the software by myself. Maybe I will hack around when I have time.

Is compiling locally not possible without the signing cert?

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Re:Portmaster 1.0 – Open-Source Network Monitor and Privacy ... by dhaavi on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @03:33AM (#33517134)

I understand.

Most repos have a "./pack" script that correctly builds all assets. You can then place them as "v0.0.0" (as _v0-0-0) in the updates directory. If you put Portmaster into dev mode (--devmode) it will load the v0.0.0 versions first. You might want to also disable automatic updates - or ignore the automatically downloaded versions.

Compiling for Windows without a cert works, but the OS will refuse to load the driver. You'd need to switch to a special Windows developer mode and sign it with a local certificate.

As I said, this is an area where we need to improve.

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