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Comment by throwawei369

> You can apply more flexible rules than just blocking specific hostnames -- for example, based on IP subnets, port numbers, or specific binary executables

This doesn't sound like a common use case. You can already block connection on a specific port with all available firewall programs. And you can bubblewrap binaries from making internet connections.

> You can block connections even from programs that bypass the default system-wide DNS configuration

Other than browser's making use of DOH for DNS, I can't think of a common use case for this. Besides, why would I want to Wireshark my browser? Why not use uBlock to filter domains.

Doesn't seem obvious to me why one would go through all this trouble.

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