presented release Portmaster 1.0 , applications for organizing the work of the inter -sequenary screen that ensures access and traffic monitoring at the level of individual programs and services. The project code is written in GO and subjects under the AGPLV3 license. interface implemented on JavaScript using the Electron platform. Work is supported in linux and Windows .
in Linux for inspecting and managing traffic used iptables and nfqueue for removal of processing of solutions for blocking into the user space. In the future it is planned to to use a separate nucleus module for Linux. For trouble -free work, it is recommended to use the versions of the Linux 5.7 nucleus and newer (it is theoretically possible to work on the nuclei starting with branches 2.4, but in versions until 5.7, Problems ). Windows uses its own .
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Among the supported functions:
- Monitoring of all network activity in the system and tracking the history of network activity and connections of each application.
- automatic blocking of appeals associated with harmful code and tracking movements. Blocking is carried out according to lists IP addresses and domains convicted in harmful activity, collection Telemetry or tracking personal data. It is also possible to use lists to block advertising.
- default encryption, using DNS-OVER-TLS. Visual display in the interface of all activity related to DNS.
- The ability to create your own blocking rules.
- The ability to determine both settings for all traffic and linking filters to individual applications.
- Support for filtering and monitoring in binding to countries.
