Vallum for Mac
Control app connections to outside sources.
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Vallum overview
Vallum is a little tool that helps you monitor and block apps connections and throttle apps bandwidth. It is able to intercept connections at the application layer, and hold them while you decide whether to pass or block them. Vallum's interface is very simple and is icon-based. Its default configuration is not intrusive, and it does not require any interaction or specific networking knowledge or skills. Just drag an app's icon from the Finder into the main Vallum window to block it. To change Vallum's attitude and interaction level, you just have to play with the very few options available. Intercept apps that leak data on the network, drag apps' icons to create firewall rules, run the firewall with one mouse click: Vallum is friendly, it stays in a corner of your Mac's menu bar on top of the screen, it does not pollute your Dock and your desktop, it features a simple interface that everybody can use, and it's powerful because it lets you create complex setups with jails, mixed rules, notification pop-up alerts, and temporary rules, at both application- and network-level interacting with Murus and the macOS built-in PF packet filter.
Features
- Increase your privacy, intercept apps that leak data on the network, monitor apps integrity
- Drag and drop apps icons to create firewall rules, run the firewall with one mouse click
- Be notified of hidden network activities, discover what happens behind the scene, throttle bandwidth
- Simple interface, no need for special networking knowledge, everybody can use it
- Choose between different levels of interactions or run a completely silent firewall
- Work at both application- and network-level to gain full control of your Mac
- It's friendly: it stays in a corner of your Mac's menu bar on top of the screen, it does not pollute your dock and your desktop. One click to install, one click to uninstall
- It's powerful: create complex setups with jails, mixed rules, temporary rules, at both application- and network-level
- It respects your privacy, it does not phone home or leak any kind of data on the network
- Buy once for life, all updates and upgrades will be free
What’s new in version 5.0
- Added compatibility with macOS Sequoia.
- Improved and simplified notification alert window.
- Ruleset now always display creation and modify date for all rules.
- Notifications include a description of processes and apps in order to help you choosing whether to allow or deny connections.
- Each rule now displays an info text describing who, how and when a rule is created or modified. You can access it within the 'Rule Info' panel in advanced rule editor.
- Added option to create persistent 'unconfirmed' rule when a notification alert expires.
- Flow monitor now displays information about addresses physical location.
- Optimized system extension now uses less system resources.
- Improved logging system.
- Your old Vallum 4 configuration has been migrated to Vallum 5.
- Bug Fixes
Vallum for Mac
$15.00
In English
Version 5.0
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User Ratings
May 26 2021
Version: 4.0.1
Wow, it's really easy for use. One click to install, one click to uninstall - right!
Mar 17 2021
Version: 3.3.4
Vallum is great but unfortunately, it seems like discontinued, the Big Sur beta is expired and the last updated was November 2019, no response to any email. Really a pity as I liked Vallum over Little Snitch but seems like I need to get back to Little Snitch as there is no big Sure compatibility.
Jan 30 2020
Version: 3.3.2
I have used Little Snitch for a couple of years. Just updated it. Then I tried Vallum. Little Snitch is gone! Vallum beats it in so many ways 1). ease of use, 2) ease of install and activation, 3) decrease in use of my Macs assets. I love it!
May 19 2018
Version: 3.0
So, Vallum 3 is out with the new core and logic, AFW (Application Firewall for macOS) kernel-based socket filter. Due to the new architecture, the old Vallum 2 rules are not imported and this presented me with the opportunity to experience the upgraded rule-creation process. And, well, it has certainly been polished since the previous major release, and at the same time it has become both more intuitive and even more powerful and nuanced. I would imagine that the new multiuser, group management, logging capabilities are not that important to a typical user, from my perspective of the label "typical," but all these power-features make Vallum very interesting to corporate entities and advanced users.
My reference to the Little Snitch in the previous review of Vallum 2 is now obsolete, as the LS 4 is now quite user friendly, but I would still recommend Vallum over the established name and richer looking product that is Little Snitch. Vallum is cheaper ($15 vs $45 for single license), and it allows for more complex rule creation then LS (but Murus dev please take note how LS lists common ports — 21 FTP, 80 HTTP, etc., for easier rule creation for not so technical users). LS has a neat Network Monitor with a world map for visualizing network connections; Murus has a neat Simulator to test whether you rule does what you intended it to do, which is especially useful in creation of complex configurations, and for me, the Simulator is more important than the said Network Monitor.
Murus is advertised as buy once for life, and all updates and upgrades will be free. At the surface level that is a nice thing for buyers, but we do not live in a utopia and nor any efforts to establish one ever succeeded, so I hope that the dev is and will be making enough money to support and evolve the product, as he has done so far, which, arguably, even from a perspective of the user is more important than saving some bucks. Unless of course the dev is really an eccentric millionaire who made it his life’s mission to bring affordable quality virtual network walls to all Mac users. Then don't change a thing! :-) I’m not sure how this free lifetime upgrade thing is woven into the license agreement, haven’t looked, but I would buy a paid upgrade if at some point in future the upgrade model would change.
Anyhow, here's to Murus 4 *cheers*!
My reference to the Little Snitch in the previous review of Vallum 2 is now obsolete, as the LS 4 is now quite user friendly, but I would still recommend Vallum over the established name and richer looking product that is Little Snitch. Vallum is cheaper ($15 vs $45 for single license), and it allows for more complex rule creation then LS (but Murus dev please take note how LS lists common ports — 21 FTP, 80 HTTP, etc., for easier rule creation for not so technical users). LS has a neat Network Monitor with a world map for visualizing network connections; Murus has a neat Simulator to test whether you rule does what you intended it to do, which is especially useful in creation of complex configurations, and for me, the Simulator is more important than the said Network Monitor.
Murus is advertised as buy once for life, and all updates and upgrades will be free. At the surface level that is a nice thing for buyers, but we do not live in a utopia and nor any efforts to establish one ever succeeded, so I hope that the dev is and will be making enough money to support and evolve the product, as he has done so far, which, arguably, even from a perspective of the user is more important than saving some bucks. Unless of course the dev is really an eccentric millionaire who made it his life’s mission to bring affordable quality virtual network walls to all Mac users. Then don't change a thing! :-) I’m not sure how this free lifetime upgrade thing is woven into the license agreement, haven’t looked, but I would buy a paid upgrade if at some point in future the upgrade model would change.
Anyhow, here's to Murus 4 *cheers*!
Nov 14 2017
Version: 2.3.2
Dears,
Do any one know how to uninstall the Vallum... I'm just asking...
The app is good and doing a great job. but I wondered how to uninstalling it while there is no app icon except in the upper bar near the wifi connection signal.
