Fortress
github.com/essandess/macOS-Fortress Mac OSKernel-level, OS-level, and client-level security for macOS. With a Firewall, Blackhole, and Privatizing Proxy for Trackers, Attackers, Malware, Adware, and Spammers; with On-Demand and On-Access Anti-Virus Scanning.
- Homepage: github.com/essandess/macOS-Fortress
- GitHub: github.com/essandess/macOS-Fortress
- Web info: web-check.xyz/results/github.com
Fortress Source Code
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Description
Firewall and Privatizing Proxy for Trackers, Attackers, Malware, Adware, and Spammers with Anti-Virus On-Demand and On-Access Scanning (PF, squid, privoxy, hphosts, dshield, emergingthreats, hostsfile, PAC file, clamav)
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License
MIT
Created
20 Dec 14
Last Updated
25 Sept 24
Latest version
Primary Language
Shell
Size
1,217 KB
Stars
416
Forks
51
Watchers
416
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Star History
Top Contributors
- @essandess (215)
Recent Commits
- Steven Thomas Smith (24 Nov 21)
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:essandess/macOS-Fortress
- Steven Thomas Smith (24 Nov 21)
Add Deprecation Warning for easylist-pac-privoxy
- Steve Smith (17 Nov 21)
Add HTTPS Inspection, Deprecate squid and easylist-pac-privoxy See: * https://github.com/essandess/easylist-pac-privoxy/issues/21 * https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=593759 * https://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/04/27/osx-malware-catching-wants-read-https-traffic/
- Steven Thomas Smith (10 May 21)
Update adblock2privoxy to v2.0.2
- Steven Thomas Smith (13 Dec 20)
Fix regex for bad_url_regex
- Steven Thomas Smith (18 Jun 20)
Add Apple CIDRs from https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210060
- Steven Thomas Smith (18 Jun 20)
Add Apple Enterprise Network Domains
- Steven Thomas Smith (03 Apr 20)
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:essandess/macOS-Fortress
- Steven Thomas Smith (03 Apr 20)
Update easlist_pac.py
- Steven Thomas Smith (15 Dec 19)
Update easylist-pac-privoxy
- Steven Thomas Smith (08 Dec 19)
c58c8fe
- Steve Smith (20 Nov 19)
MacPorts migration
- Steven Thomas Smith (20 Nov 19)
MacPorts migration
- Steve Smith (20 Nov 19)
Migration to MacPorts
- Steve Smith (14 Jul 19)
Update README.md
- Steven Thomas Smith (14 Jul 19)
Update for MacPorts clamav-server
- Steven Thomas Smith (14 Jul 19)
Update for MacPorts clamav-server
- Steven Thomas Smith (14 Jul 19)
Update for MacPorts clamav-server
- Steven Thomas Smith (18 Jun 19)
adblock2privoxy: Upgrade to ghc 8.6.5, lts-13.25 resolver, v2.0.1
- Steven Thomas Smith (19 May 19)
squid.conf: Minor update to v 4.7
- Steven Thomas Smith (18 May 19)
macOS-Fortress: Updates for post-Server.app migration * See https://github.com/essandess/macOS-Open-Source-Server#virtualhost-method
- Steven Thomas Smith (05 May 19)
Exclude ^/private/var/db/ and ^/private/var/folders/
- Steven Thomas Smith (01 May 19)
exclude local package directories with detectable signatures
- Steven Thomas Smith (11 Mar 19)
Exclude various /Volumes/ regex
- Steven Thomas Smith (10 Mar 19)
Add Sanesecurity, methods to exclude various /Volumes/
- Steven Thomas Smith (10 Mar 19)
Add Sanesecurity, methods to exclude various /Volumes/
- Steven Thomas Smith (10 Mar 19)
Add Sanesecurity, methods to exclude various /Volumes/
- Steven Thomas Smith (25 Feb 19)
"/Volumes/Macintosh HD" is a symbolic link
- Steven Thomas Smith (25 Feb 19)
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:essandess/macOS-Fortress
- Steven Thomas Smith (25 Feb 19)
"/Volumes/Macintosh HD" is a symbolic link
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Server Details
- IP Address 140.82.112.4
- Hostname lb-140-82-112-4-iad.github.com
- Location San Francisco, California, United States of America, NA
- ISP GitHub Inc.
- ASN AS36459
Associated Countries
- US
Saftey Score
Website marked as safe
100%
Blacklist Check
github.com was found on 0 blacklists
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