# Portmaster Unlimited/Safing Privacy Network

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/portmaster-unlimited-safing-privacy-network/11831
**Category:** Project Showcase
**Created:** 2023-02-16T16:11:28Z
**Posts:** 10

## Post 1 by @davegson — 2023-02-16T16:11:28Z

Co-founder and CCO of Safing here :wave:, I thought I’d pitch SPN for PrivacyGuides.

### For Who Is SPN?

[Portmaster Unlimited / SPN](https://safing.io/spn/) is for people who want more than a simple VPN and cannot or do not want to set up Tor system-wide. It’s built from the ground up and does the heavy lifting for you. It’s an install & forget solution.

### SPN Features

- Get Multiple Identities for Each App
- Simply Access Regional Content
- Easily Configurable per app
- Built from Scratch for Privacy
- Install & Forget Solution

### SPN Tech Overview

- a Privacy Network aimed at threat models “between” VPN and Tor.
- Uses onion encryption over multiple hops just like Tor.
- Routes are chosen to cover most distance within the network to increase privacy.
- Exits are chosen near the destination server. This automatically geo-unblocks in many cases.
- Exclude apps and domains/entities from using SPN.
- Change routing algorithm and focus per app.
- Nodes are hosted by Safing (company behind Portmaster) and the community.
- Speeds are pretty decent (\>100MBit/s).

#### Further Reading

- [Source Code](https://github.com/safing/spn/)
- [Portmaster Technical Introduction](https://github.com/safing/portmaster/#technical-introduction)
- [SPN Feature Page](https://safing.io/spn/)
- [SPN vs VPNs](https://safing.io/blog/2022/09/06/spn-vs-vpns/)

Happy to discuss & answer any questions.

PS: we do not see SPN as a dVPN, it is its own thing.

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## Post 2 by @matchboxbananasynergy — 2023-02-16T18:44:49Z

Shouldn’t this fall under the Project Showcase category? cc @jonah

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## Post 3 by @jonah — 2023-02-16T18:47:45Z

That’s on me, I set the category when splitting the topic from the other discussion :slight_smile:

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## Post 4 by @davegson — 2023-02-17T11:01:46Z

thanks for moving it into the correct place! New & learning. I went ahead and formatted the post into something I feel more like a “showcase”.

I also created a showcase for [Portmaster Free](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/portmaster-free-showcase/11846) - probably want to add showcase to that as well (I could not select it).

Happy to discuss & answer any questions

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## Post 5 by @davegson — 2023-02-20T10:46:13Z

forgot to mention you can simply dm me and I’ll send you some gift cards so you do not have to pay to review Portmaster Unlimited

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## Post 6 by @ph00lt0 — 2023-02-20T21:58:55Z

I very interrested in this, yet i still do not fully understand the workings. Besides form testing the funcitonality do you have any good materials explaining the techinque @davegson?

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## Post 7 by @davegson — 2023-02-21T09:33:35Z

the SPN vs VPN comparison blogpost goes into more detail - especially the [Part 2 - a technical comparison](https://safing.io/blog/2022/09/06/spn-vs-vpns/#part-2-technical-deep-dive-comparison) describes the tech more. If you already read that and want to know things beyond that - just let me know! If so, best ask specific questions so I know what to answer / where to guide you

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## Post 8 by @AK2H — 2024-04-06T13:57:56Z

Couldn’t find a way to DM you privately, can I get free preview of SPN?

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## Post 9 by @ignoramous — 2024-04-06T21:17:45Z

> [@AK2H](#):
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> DM you privately, can I get free preview of SPN?

Don’t think davegson works at Safing anymore. You’ll have luck contacting Safing’s [raphty](https://fosstodon.org/@raphty) (CEO) or [dhaavi](https://infosec.exchange/@dhaavi) (CTO) on Mastodon instead.

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## Post 10 by @jonah — 2024-04-07T02:41:42Z

> [@ignoramous](#):
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> Don’t think davegson works at Safing anymore.

That is correct. Actually I suppose I’ll lock this thread until Safing asks me to re-open it.

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## Post 11 by @jonah — 2024-04-07T02:41:46Z