Safing Portmaster

Source Safing Portmaster Wiki

The use case for Portmaster is to improve privacy and security by blocking trackers and advertisements and managing connections on the device. Security can be improved with secure DNS, firewall, and monitoring.

When making changes in Portmaster, it is recommended to use default and global settings for all applications and slowly make small configurations if needed.

User Interface Features

Status of protection
Safing Privacy Network (SPN) - multiple identities for each app, geo unblocks
Navigation - information, notifications, menu, tools, start/shutdown
Side dashboard - view of applications
Network activity
- Filter, menus
- Connections and their details
Settings

Example Set up and Configuration of Portmaster

Install Portmaster and read documentation on Portmaster DNS Configuration and CIRA DNS Encryption with DNS over TLS (DoT) help

Set up the DNS server using CIRA below or using “Quick Settings” for Cloudflare with malware protection. If using Portmaster and Secure DNS with an application like Firefox, you can disable it in the application.

# CIRA Malware and phishing protection example
dot://protected.canadianshield.cira.ca?ip=149.112.121.20&name=cira&blockedif=zeroip
dot://protected.canadianshield.cira.ca?ip=149.112.122.20&name=ciratwo&blockedif=zeroip

# Cloudfare malware protection
dot://cloudflare-dns.com?ip=1.1.1.2&name=Cloudflare&blockedif=zeroip
dot://cloudflare-dns.com?ip=1.0.0.2&name=Cloudflare&blockedif=zeroip

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