- Portmaster does not do any permanent changes to your network configuration:
- No network interfaces are added or changed.
- No routing entries are added or changed.
- No DNS server configuration is added or changed.
- Required integration is done “on-the-fly” by redirecting packets.
- When Portmaster is shut down or uninstalled, all (volatile) network integration is removed automatically.
- When you still experience issues, check out #699.
Besides that, changes vary depending on your operating system:
- All data is saved to
C:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster by default.
- A system service is registered and marked to start automatically at boot.
- Application entry for the Portmaster UI is added.
- Application entry for the Portmaster Tray Notifiier is added and marked to start automatically at login.
- Uninstall information is placed in the registry.
- Read more here: Install on Windows
- All data is saved to
/opt/safing/portmaster by default.
- Portmaster adds iptables entries on start and removes them when stopped.
- This integration makes use of packet and connection marks, which likely makes Portmaster incompatible with other software attempting the same.
- A systemd service file is placed at
/etc/systemd/system/portmaster.service.
.desktop files are placed in /usr/share/applications/.- Icon is placed in
/usr/share/pixmaps/.
- Read more here: Install on Linux