No Start Menu for You

Re:No Start Menu for You by dhaavi on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @07:24AM (#34425879)

You might enjoy Safing's Portmaster Firewall then: https://safing.io/

It's open source and is quickly surpassing GlassWire's capabilities.

Disclaimer: I'm Founder/CTO of Safing.

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Re:No Start Menu for You by Eisenstein on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:00AM (#34426130)

I am a bit confused about Portmaster and Safing. The documentation on Safing constantly refers to Portmaster. Does portmaster do anything besides act as a local firewall?

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Re:No Start Menu for You by dhaavi on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:06AM (#34426178)

There are 3 big parts:

- The firewall itself with rules, filter lists, and so on - https://safing.io/features/

- Secure DNS (DoT/DoH resolver) - https://safing.io/features/

- "SPN": Optional paid VPN alternative similar to Tor, our source of revenue - https://safing.io/spn/

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