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Port Authority by Hacks and Hops

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  • by aniline, 2 years ago
    Outdated: Notifications can't be disabled either globally or for individual sites. They re-enable themselves after the browser is restarted.

    Developer response

    posted 2 years ago
    Hey this is an issue I'm aware of and know the solution to. I will add this feature later today :)
    You can track the issue here https://github.com/ACK-J/Port_Authority/issues/26

    Edit 3/11/25: Mozilla just approved PortAuthority v2.0.0 which has persistent settings and added the whitelist (gear icon). Enjoy!
  • by geeknik, 2 years ago
  • by Zapfenzieher, 2 years ago
    Works brilliantly! (Almost too well, sometimes; I want to allow my bank to port-scan me and I see from the code that I should be able to whitelist a domain but I don't see how. Better all than none, though.)

    [edited to add: just saw the release notes for v1.1.4 regarding temporary reversion. Got it.]

    Developer response

    posted 2 years ago
    The new version 1.1.5 will be out soon. Right now I am having some users Beta test it to make sure there aren't any issues before it is pushed out. If you'd be kind enough to beta test it for me the instructions are here https://github.com/ACK-J/Port_Authority/issues/32#issuecomment-1720072034

    Edit 3/11/25: Mozilla just approved PortAuthority v2.0.0 which has persistent settings and added the whitelist (gear icon). Enjoy!
  • by Firefox user 17530236, 2 years ago
  • by Anton Nesterov / Ntrf, 2 years ago
  • by Firefox user 17464099, 3 years ago
    Its great, but it now causes my browser to boot-loop so i must uninstall/disable for now.

    Developer response

    posted 2 years ago
    Hey, I just pushed an update that fixes this issue. Hope this helps!
  • by Firefox user 15028866, 3 years ago
    I like this extension for browsing the web, but when I launch jupyter notebooks from the terminal, I have to disable this addon so it will redirect to the localhost port properly. It would be nice to have a way to add per-site exceptions, or an exception for localhost in general.

    Developer response

    posted 3 years ago
    Hey I have a working version of the whitelist in beta. If you'd be interested in testing it out please follow the instructions here https://github.com/ACK-J/Port_Authority/issues/32#issuecomment-1720072034

    Edit 3/11/25: Mozilla just approved PortAuthority v2.0.0 which has persistent settings and added the whitelist (gear icon). Enjoy!
  • by Hacks and Hops, 3 years ago
  • by Firefox user 16954731, 3 years ago
  • by Alex_ReD, 3 years ago
  • by Sergio, 3 years ago
    It works as intended! :D

    Developer response

    posted 3 years ago
    Im glad! If you experience any bugs please feel free to reach out to me.
  • by Dr. Chas A Bowles MD, 3 years ago
  • by Shaqtin', 4 years ago
    Awesome Job! Legit and Open Source

    Developer response

    posted 4 years ago
    Thanks for the support!
  • by Firefox user 16938627, 4 years ago
  • by Firefox user 12591219, 4 years ago
  • by Vedun, 4 years ago
  • by Bad3r, 4 years ago
    Great plugin to prevent websites from port scanning you. It blocks every method of scanning I could think of; HTTP HTTPS and websockets