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At 2:45 you mentioned that without a VPN the IP and DNS/websiteURL is not encrypted. True, but the actual data is via HTTPS/TLS. I prefer a direct faster and lower latency connection using a "burner phone" with no name or any info on file and change it once a month. ;)

Maybe the idea was already outspoken, but can you add a funktion to allow a Domain/Connection etc. temporarly. Like the NOSCRIPT addon for Firefox for example. Sometimes i want to visit a webside only once and have to allow the domain. It would be cool if the rule exaption would turn back after about 10 - 15 minutes or untill Poortmaster gets restarted. Thank you for this good tool.

Great breakdown. Question how much latency does spn add to connection?

I hope this video is a start into better visualizing what we do differently. There is more to how VPNs can get attacked with pattern matching and so on... where the local isp your pc is connected to can actually know more, and I initially wanted to get into that as well, but, that would have been a much longer video. Also SPN does protect more then what is shown in the video, but again, that would have been a much longer video. So I hope this is a great stepping stone into other explanations, so please let me know what you would want to know more about. Here is ok and on YT.

My VPN can't connect to internet when using Portmaster, it says DNS error ... Do I have to add my VPN domain as an exception into the Portmaster DNS setting somewhere, if so, how and what exactly do I have to do? thx

Try Nobara Linux maybe for some Fedora~Nvidia gaming

I'm currently using this in conjunction with adguard within brave browser and NextDNS at the router level :) my desktop PC runs snappier too :)

Question: Is it possible to manualy target and ad.. like the zapper in Ublock Origin?

This program looks good but in practice it is useless. I need to have a clear message that a program wants to connect to the internet. In this window there should be an option to remember setting permanently for the whole program, otherwise I get 1000 requests for every firefox connection to the Internet. To grant it total access I have to open options and only set allow there. Pointless. No one will want to do such a job, even though the program is beautiful and has a lot of options. Even the biggest computer whizzes will eventually get discouraged when they are forced to set settings for the program every time a new program requests Internet access.

How to enable local (Lan) connections? Allow button is disabled there..

Distorted and blurred text in UI on nvidia GPU systems. It's a shame that this issue has not been fixed yet. Not sure about AMD gpus.

Well I tried Portmaster and is really useful, sadly it seems it lacks some more control over the "Force Block Incoming Connections" bypass, I have AgentDVR running withc uses WebRTC and Portmaster simply blocks access to it and I have no way to enable it. There should be a simple Override to the "Force Block Incoming Connections", for example, simply allow all incoming connections to a specific port or port range. If there is this option I can't find it.

Awesome people. Awesome program. Now let's do our part guys. Donate if you can but at least, raise awareness about this masterpiece of a firewall. The more people learn about this tool, the stronger it will become.

Amazing!

Dear Raphael & the fantastic Safing development team, Thank you for this amazing product. I finally found the precise control I needed for all my apps. I was stuck with Comodo Firewall for 8 years, but now I have found the best alternative in every way. I am thrilled with the level of control available (especially when it comes to controlling outgoing connections). I will soon subscribe to the Plus plan. Please continue the excellent work. Thank you again.

thank you subs to the channel :-)

What happens if I have installed software such as Portmaster, Simplewall, WinUtil or any software that changes the settings in Windows 10 etc and the software gets uninstalled or deleted (for whatever reason), will Windows automatically default to the previous settings, ..... if the answer is no will it be necessary to reinstall the software (Portmaster etc) to be able to make the required changes........???? Thanks.

Can’t use it. The app gives me blue screen of death

I just recently found your app and I must say, you guys are amazing, the UI is easy to use and shit just works when I block something. Thank you.

I just downloaded this. When I start it up, not a single website loads - it just says "not connected to the internet". My internet speed is extremely poor, so could this be the reason?

No complaints about “Just Things”. I have trust in your efforts towards us all.

Does have blocklists for ip ranges, gov ip addresses, etc

Can you please define and show examples of what exactly is INCOMING Connections? ie. Google Chrome - when you access the internet and you get/download data/files from a website, isn't the data/files you download to your computer consider INCOMING? Thx!

I am running a VPN client no problem (windows 10), but once I install PortMaster - my VPN is unable to connect to any of its servers ... DNS error issues. How can I fix this issue?

Safing on pfsense (or any firewall) would be amazing.

i created many my own personal new rules on apps and even for "commandline" in the portmaster, the thing is, now, i would like to tbe able to export that (the entire sets of rules i have created and saved) into a single file instead of per one rule,so i could import those saved sets of rules to a new installation of portmaster if i have to reinstall my linux. currently i have to do that per rule/app. there should be a way to export the entire sets of rules already created and saved. or is that only available in the paid version i wonder.

On the Dashboard (or anywhere else), is there a place where one can see how many trackers etc have been blocked?

Its a Portdisaster

Monero is king for privacy I think, so awesome you support it.

I am so happy that you showed this info. I'm going to try and do this on the Steam Link and Oculus VR. I'm always having trouble getting these to connect to the PC within the network. This gave me a greater understanding of how it works. I kind of figured out most of it without your help, and the really well planned out UI with tooltips. Thanks so much for this amazing privacy program. I plan on being a customer for a very long time with this kind of service. Woo! 😁

good information thank you

Please do a video on how to get VPNs working. I'm a contractor and have to use multiple VPN clients for our different clients. I like your software, but until I can the VPNs working I cannot use it.

Good information - thanks. Love the product as is. Anything new is just icing on the cake.

Super tool, danke.👌

The only two cryptos anyone should be using. Don't change.

There is only one. There can be only one. It can only be Bitcoin. The moment you allow the idea of more you dilute supply. Period.

Thank you Raphael for this very in depth video of what is the roadmap of Safing considering the tight resources. I completely agree with all of your points but to keep it short, yes passkeys would be a lot better and having 2FA or MFA wouldn't be much of an issue since, like you mentioned, it's a firewall. The only problem I could see existing would be the fact that you can deactivate devices on the account page, rendering your firewall inoperable. Still, for this to succeed on a bad actor it would have to be very well executed and hard to accomplish. One last time, thank you for the amazing work you and the team have been doing and myself as part of the community I'm happy to continue supporting in any way possible ❤ Best wishes!

More of more, please!

Keep up your good work ,it's much appreciated. Thank you.

Hallo, I installed Portmaster on Ubuntu 22.04 and it works riht away. Well done. I have a request for a mini tutorial on getting captive gateways to work. I, like many people, get lots of work done at local cafes with free wifi. Portmaster blocks some but not all of them from letting me log in or even see the free gateway. How can we serch Portmaster for the connection that is getting blocked, and allow it in a safe way ? I tried poking around but the descriptions are a little cryptic. I think many Portmaster users would really appreciate a walk through getting past those free wifi login pages. Thank you team, --Molly

I really like portmaster and just have a few topics for potential discussion, apologies if already been discussed. Really enjoyed watching this aswell. Your view on:- - recommended secure browser - preferred secure operating system - why we should use SPN - using secure DNS via portmaster vs VPN - and if using vpn, should I change vpn dns to e.g. quad9 and will this fingerprint more?

I have two printers. Used one yesterday. Print things often. Honestly!

cool

i hope more people using the firewall. its the best one so far.

To be hones, i do like how Ubuntu looks. But if you are using Ubuntu pleas try a different distro as well, they did make some super weird things with this distro.

I have a red light in the tray at startup. What could it be?

I am stupid...I will never understand how to use this shit software...

hi i installed on windows 7 and it has the security update KB3033929 as mentioned but i can not find the config.json to set dev mode i am running the latest version 1.6.5 any help would be appreciated thanks.

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