2026-02-28T18:21:36Z https://nostr.ae Mr Fry https://nostr.ae/npub168qzeg8jhqnnpqtxvdwjrue2f7nyvmhz7ufy5aep0hk4203dlfvshjz8u5 https://media.tilde.zone/accounts/avatars/109/748/979/502/814/498/original/5f8bec05469a12bd.jpg https://media.tilde.zone/accounts/avatars/109/748/979/502/814/498/original/5f8bec05469a12bd.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf3lnyzxdw9a0zn9qd2slltvz0ax2dmrt4tf5qtelnl5yprfdz76qzyrguqt9q72uzwvypve346g0n9f86v3nwutm3yjnhy97764f79ha9jvpqmwc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsra03uu7jy638ha93z2zjwvy3wmzpg55t8egn3zt5ugqdp9gfjf2cuk623c'>nevent1q…623c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you for the quick response and link. Not what I wished for but at least I know where I stand :) 2026-02-28T18:26:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgeahy7glkj38yjmkyj0uyvmmw6t5xxq8zjmxskzt7cqnppzpwgsgzyrguqt9q72uzwvypve346g0n9f86v3nwutm3yjnhy97764f79ha9jgtmw44 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17gpggzugvgzurngs7gxl2kkw4kd7mlrqj4qvklhjxdlexp0yev2s6x7p4g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>PeerTube</span> (<span class="italic">npub17gp…7p4g</span>)</a></span> My firewall is setup to filter all of my browser connections. When I visit a website I only allow its base and subdomains.<br/>When watching a video on a Peertube instance, my browser sends requests to peers on completely random ports (in the high range) which means watching a popular video triggers and endless chain of firewall dialogs. Why the random ports? I wish I could just open port xxx and be done with it... 2026-02-28T18:04:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfh99yqenkxjgksph5usqum3vv3z74j2jlnflfhg82p8e3j2p59nqzyrguqt9q72uzwvypve346g0n9f86v3nwutm3yjnhy97764f79ha9jaf2228 So I&#39;m the kind of wacko who has #opensnitch set up to manually filter any address my computer connects to. Despite using a base block list, browsing was absolute hell for a week until my rules covered enough ground to block most of the repeat offenders. I usually allow the domain I&#39;m visiting and its subdomains, period.<br/><br/>The amount of domains one can block before a website breaks is telling. It also made me realise that with link preview enabled #Firefox and all derivatives send a request to the domain of all the links your cursors HOVERS, a.k.a brushes past which seems like a massive breach of privacy and waste of bandwidth... Note that disabling link preview requires a restart after unticking the box, which made the culprit hard to figure out at first.<br/><br/>Anyway, watching #Peertube is obviously quite challenging with this setup, because of the &#34;peers&#34; in the tube. What I don&#39;t understand is why there isn&#39;t a consistent port I can unblock, each request seem to use a random port.<br/><br/>Can anyone help me make sense of this please?<br/><br/>#foss #floss #fediverse #privacy 2026-02-28T15:00:03Z