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@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Strix's Dependency Firewall
+
+Stops malicious packages before they install. Built by [Strix](https://strix.ai/blog/firewall-announcement).
+
+Screening runs on your device: downloads go straight to the registry, never through a Strix server.
+Each package's name and version are looked up [Strix's malicious-package blocklist](https://github.com/usestrix/firewall-blocklist), so installs are blocked system-wide *before* reaching your machine.
+
+## Install
+
+**Machine-wide**, from the [latest release](https://github.com/usestrix/firewall/releases/latest):
+
+- macOS: open `Firewall.pkg`, then approve the extension when macOS asks.
+- Windows: run the `.msi` as an admin.
+
+**Prefix-mode**
+
+cargo:
+```sh
+cargo install strix-firewall
+```
+
+curl: 
+```sh
+curl -LsSf https://github.com/usestrix/firewall/releases/latest/download/strix-firewall-installer.sh | sh
+```
+
+Powershell:
+```powershell
+powershell -c "irm https://github.com/usestrix/firewall/releases/latest/download/strix-firewall-installer.ps1 | iex"
+```
+
+## Platforms
+
+| | Machine-wide | Command prefix |
+|---|---|---|
+| macOS 13+ | ✅ Apple silicon or T2 chip | ✅ |
+| Windows 10/11, x86-64 | ✅ with a TPM 2.0 | ✅ |
+| Linux (glibc 2.35+), x86-64 or arm64 | 🚧 Coming Soon | ✅ |
+
+## Supported registries
+
+| Registry | Package managers |
+|---|---|
+| npm | npm, pnpm, bun |
+| PyPI | pip, uv, pdm, pipenv |
+| crates.io | cargo |
+| Go module proxy | go |
+| RubyGems | gem |
+
+Mirrors of these, such as Artifactory or Nexus, can be added in via a config file.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Up-to-the-minute data:** Strix constantly monitors updates to top packages (covering 99% of installed packages) to scan for malware, and publishes the results. We also consult [OSSF's blocklist](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) and [OSV](osv.dev), as well as other public reports. Updates take effect without any user action.
+- **Holds back new versions.** New packages are blocked by default, since malware is usually detected within a day. (Although this can be disabled, configured, and bypassed).
+- **Alerts you.** On macOS and Windows a popup names the blocked package and links its advisory.
+- **Two modes:**
+  - **Machine-wide:** screens downloads from every app, across your entire machine.
+  - **Command prefix:** e.g., `firewall npm install left-pad`, or create an alias with `alias npm='firewall npm`.
+
+## Configuration
+
+Settings are in a `config.json`:
+
+- Machine-wide: `/Library/Application Support/Firewall/` on macOS, `%ProgramData%\Strix Firewall\`
+  on Windows. Only an admin can edit it; restart from the menu bar or tray to apply.
+- Command prefix: `~/.config/firewall/` on Linux, `~/Library/Application Support/com.usestrix.firewall/`
+  on macOS, `%APPDATA%\usestrix\firewall\config\` on Windows.
+
+```json
+{
+  "min_age_hours": 48,
+  "allow": { "npm": [{ "name": "left-pad", "version": "1.3.0" }] },
+  "registries": {
+    "npm": ["https://npm.example.com/"],
+    "pypi": ["https://pypi.example.com/"]
+  },
+  "telemetry": false
+}
+```
+
+| Key | Default | |
+|---|---|---|
+| `min_age_hours` | `24` | How long new versions are held back. `0` turns this off. |
+| `allow` | none | Packages exempt from the hold, by ecosystem (`npm`, `pypi`, `cargo`, `gem`, `go`). Omit `version` for every version. Known malware is still blocked. |
+| `registries` | none | Mirrors, by the registry they copy (`npm`, `pypi`, `gem`, `go`, `cargo/index`). Both modes screen every mirror listed; command-prefix mode also downloads from the first one. |
+| `fail_open` | `true` | Allow a package when it can't be checked. |
+| `telemetry` | `true` | Log anonymized usage events to Strix. |
+| `port` | `8080` | Local port for command-prefix mode. |
+
+## License
+
+Apache 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
@@ -261,6 +261,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "hybrid-array",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "block2"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cdeb9d870516001442e364c5220d3574d2da8dc765554b4a617230d33fa58ef5"
+dependencies = [
+ "objc2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "borsh"
 version = "1.8.1"
@@ -669,6 +678,16 @@ dependencies = [
 "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "dispatch2"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e0e367e4e7da84520dedcac1901e4da967309406d1e51017ae1abfb97adbd38"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "objc2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -680,6 +699,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "syn 3.0.6",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "dpi"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8b14ccef22fc6f5a8f4d7d768562a182c04ce9a3b3157b91390b52ddfdf1a76"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.18.0"
@@ -751,6 +776,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "getrandom 0.4.3",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "fdeflate"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e6853b52649d4ac5c0bd02320cddc5ba956bdb407c4b75a2c6b75bf51500f8c"
+dependencies = [
+ "simd-adler32",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "find-msvc-tools"
 version = "0.1.13"
@@ -771,7 +805,7 @@ checksum = "6e634e2e0ebac1ee034020da1ca582e17ffe4e0f5e985823721e168928136dcb"
 dependencies = [
 "crc32fast",
 "libz-sys",
- "miniz_oxide",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.9.1",
 "zlib-rs",
 ]

@@ -1452,6 +1486,16 @@ dependencies = [
 "wasm-bindgen",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "keyboard-types"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fbe853b403ae61a04233030ae8a79d94975281ed9770a1f9e246732b534b28d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "konst"
 version = "0.2.20"
@@ -1595,6 +1639,16 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"

+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fa76a2c86f704bdb222d66965fb3d63269ce38518b83cb0575fca855ebb6316"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler2",
+ "simd-adler32",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.9.1"
@@ -1636,6 +1690,24 @@ dependencies = [
 "uuid",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "muda"
+version = "0.21.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4340e89c178916e62879c5c36b7f699019369be413e496178a6983ce91b8bc03"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "dpi",
+ "keyboard-types",
+ "objc2",
+ "objc2-app-kit",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-foundation",
+ "png",
+ "thiserror",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "multer"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -1742,6 +1814,66 @@ dependencies = [
 "autocfg",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "objc2"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08849bbd4767dfae9457696856ae1c84fe4e0281bbe4a7abff2d0e06fb7981f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "objc2-encode",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-app-kit"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d49e936b501e5c5bf01fda3a9452ff86dc3ea98ad5f283e1455153142d97518c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "objc2",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-foundation",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-core-foundation"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a180dd8642fa45cdb7dd721cd4c11b1cadd4929ce112ebd8b9f5803cc79d536"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "dispatch2",
+ "objc2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-core-graphics"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e022c9d066895efa1345f8e33e584b9f958da2fd4cd116792e15e07e4720a807"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-encode"
+version = "4.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef25abbcd74fb2609453eb695bd2f860d389e457f67dc17cafc8b8cbc89d0c33"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-foundation"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3e0adef53c21f888deb4fa59fc59f7eb17404926ee8a6f59f5df0fd7f9f3272"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "block2",
+ "objc2",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "oid-registry"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -1864,6 +1996,19 @@ version = "0.3.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f6b464fbc74e149a392436b17d523f769e057cb6877f6a5c4618bc6f11800548"

+[[package]]
+name = "png"
+version = "0.18.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60769b8b31b2a9f263dae2776c37b1b28ae246943cf719eb6946a1db05128a61"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "fdeflate",
+ "flate2",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.8.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
 version = "1.15.0"
@@ -3230,7 +3375,9 @@ dependencies = [
 "clap",
 "core-foundation 0.10.1",
 "directories",
+ "muda",
 "percent-encoding",
+ "png",
 "rama",
 "rand",
 "rcgen",
@@ -3246,6 +3393,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "tracing",
 "tracing-appender",
 "tracing-subscriber",
+ "tray-icon",
 "which",
 "windows",
 "windows-registry",
@@ -3652,6 +3800,25 @@ dependencies = [
 "tracing-serde",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "tray-icon"
+version = "0.26.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f5cc5858ecf9574ddd8f0032a2ff7ffd6f7724d2b81e48b9374984b3fd6ddc9"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "muda",
+ "objc2",
+ "objc2-app-kit",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-core-graphics",
+ "objc2-foundation",
+ "once_cell",
+ "png",
+ "thiserror",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "try-lock"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/usestrix/firewall"
 # as an integration test; new tests/*.rs need an explicit [[test]] entry.
 autotests = false

-# Only Windows ships the service.
+# Only Windows ships the service and tray.
 [package.metadata.dist.binaries]
-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc = ["firewall", "firewall-service"]
+x86_64-pc-windows-msvc = ["firewall", "firewall-service", "firewall-tray"]
 aarch64-apple-darwin = ["firewall"]
 x86_64-apple-darwin = ["firewall"]
 aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu = ["firewall"]
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 name = "firewall-service"
 path = "src/bin/firewall-service.rs"

+[[bin]]
+name = "firewall-tray"
+path = "src/bin/firewall-tray.rs"
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "firewall-uninstall"
 path = "src/bin/firewall-uninstall.rs"
@@ -107,19 +111,14 @@ security-framework = "3.7.0"
 security-framework-sys = "2.17.0"

 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
+muda = { version = "0.21.2", default-features = false }
+png = "0.18.1"
 rama = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["dns-hickory"] }
 schannel = "0.1.29"
 tokio = { version = "1.53.1", features = ["net"] }
 tracing-appender = "0.2.5"
-windows = { version = "0.62", features = [
-    "Win32_Foundation",
-    "Win32_Security",
-    "Win32_Security_Authorization",
-    "Win32_Security_Cryptography",
-    "Win32_System_Com",
-    "Win32_System_Environment",
-    "Win32_UI_Shell",
-] }
+tray-icon = { version = "0.26.1", default-features = false }
+windows = { version = "0.62", features = ["Win32_Foundation", "Win32_Security", "Win32_Security_Authorization", "Win32_Security_Cryptography", "Win32_System_Com", "Win32_System_Environment", "Win32_System_Threading", "Win32_UI_Shell", "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging"] }
 windows-registry = "0.6.1"
 windows-service = "0.8.0"

@@ -89,12 +89,16 @@ async fn handle(req: Request, firewall: &Firewall) -> Result<Response, Infallibl
    }

    info!(method = %req.method(), %url, "forwarding");
-    let index = firewall.is_index_url(&url);
+    // Only an HTTPS registry was downgraded to reach us, so only it is upgraded back and rewritten.
+    let tls = firewall.is_https_url(&url);
+    let index = tls && firewall.is_index_url(&url);
    let (mut parts, body) = req.into_parts();
-    let Ok(uri) = url.parse() else {
-        return Ok(text(400, "firewall: expected an absolute URL\n"));
-    };
-    parts.uri = uri;
+    if tls {
+        let Ok(uri) = url.parse() else {
+            return Ok(text(400, "firewall: expected an absolute URL\n"));
+        };
+        parts.uri = uri;
+    }

    let client = DecompressionLayer::new().into_layer(EasyHttpWebClient::default());
    let response = match client.serve(Request::from_parts(parts, body)).await {
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//! The notification-area icon, started at sign-in. A GUI app, so no console opens with it.
+#![windows_subsystem = "windows"]
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn main() -> Result<(), rama::error::BoxError> {
+    firewall::os::windows::run_tray()
+}
+
+/// The tray is Windows-only.
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn main() {}
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use crate::policies::Package;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+
+/// Bounded, so blocks pile up harmlessly while nothing collects them.
+const KEPT: usize = 50;
+
+static RECENT: Mutex<Vec<BlockedPackage>> = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub struct BlockedPackage {
+    pub eco: &'static str,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub version: Option<String>,
+    pub filter: &'static str,
+    pub reason: String,
+}
+
+pub fn record(eco: &'static str, pkg: &Package, filter: &'static str, reason: &str) {
+    let mut recent = RECENT.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
+    if recent.len() == KEPT {
+        recent.remove(0);
+    }
+    recent.push(BlockedPackage {
+        eco,
+        name: pkg.name.clone(),
+        version: pkg.version.clone(),
+        filter,
+        reason: reason.to_owned(),
+    });
+}
+
+/// Hands each block over once.
+pub fn take() -> Vec<BlockedPackage> {
+    std::mem::take(&mut *RECENT.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner()))
+}
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl Default for FirewallConfig {
        FirewallConfig {
            port: DEFAULT_PORT,
            fail_open: true,
-            min_age_hours: 0,
+            min_age_hours: 24,
            denylist: DenylistSource::default(),
            allow: HashMap::new(),
            telemetry: true,
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ impl Firewall {
        self.config.hosts()
    }

+    pub fn is_https_url(&self, url: &str) -> bool {
+        let host = host_of(url);
+        self.config.registries.iter().any(|r| r.upstream.starts_with("https://") && r.host() == host)
+    }
+
    pub fn is_index_url(&self, url: &str) -> bool {
        self.config.registries.iter().any(|r| r.index && r.host() == host_of(url))
    }
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod aliasing;
+pub mod blocks;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod firewall;
 pub mod http;
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mod uninstall;
 pub use uninstall::uninstall;

 use crate::config::FirewallConfig;
-use crate::{mitm, telemetry};
+use crate::{blocks, mitm, telemetry};
 use crate::Firewall;
 use rama::bytes::Bytes;
 use rama::error::BoxError;
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ impl TransparentProxyHandler for Handler {
        let message = String::from_utf8_lossy(&message).into_owned();
        Some(Bytes::from(match message.as_str() {
            "ca" => self.ca.pem.clone(),
+            "blocks" => serde_json::to_string(&blocks::take()).expect("blocks serialize"),
            other => format!("error: unknown message {other}"),
        }))
    }
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 mod ca;
 mod service;
 mod tpm;
+mod tray;
 mod uninstall;

 pub use service::run as run_service;
 pub use tpm::CaKey;
+pub use tray::run as run_tray;
 pub use uninstall::uninstall;

 use rama::error::BoxError;
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+//! The notification-area icon, started at sign-in as the menu bar app is on macOS.
+
+use super::*;
+use muda::{Menu, MenuEvent, MenuItem, PredefinedMenuItem};
+use std::io::Cursor;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tray_icon::{Icon, MouseButtonState, TrayIcon, TrayIconBuilder, TrayIconEvent};
+use windows::core::{w, PCWSTR};
+use windows::Win32::Foundation::*;
+use windows::Win32::System::Threading::CreateMutexW;
+use windows::Win32::UI::Shell::*;
+use windows::Win32::UI::WindowsAndMessaging::*;
+use windows_registry::CURRENT_USER;
+use windows_service::service::{Service, ServiceAccess, ServiceState};
+use windows_service::service_manager::{ServiceManager, ServiceManagerAccess};
+
+const MENU_PAUSE: &str = "pause";
+const MENU_RESTART: &str = "restart";
+const MENU_LOG: &str = "log";
+const MENU_QUIT: &str = "quit";
+const LOGO: &[u8] = include_bytes!("tray.png");
+
+/// Runs until Quit, once per session.
+pub fn run() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
+    // Held until we exit.
+    let _mutex = unsafe { CreateMutexW(None, false, w!(r"Local\StrixFirewallTray"))? };
+    if unsafe { GetLastError() } == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let status = MenuItem::new("", false, None);
+    let pause = MenuItem::with_id(MENU_PAUSE, "", false, None);
+    let menu = Menu::with_items(&[
+        &status,
+        &PredefinedMenuItem::separator(),
+        &pause,
+        &MenuItem::with_id(MENU_RESTART, "Restart", true, None),
+        &MenuItem::with_id(MENU_LOG, "Open logs", true, None),
+        &PredefinedMenuItem::separator(),
+        &MenuItem::with_id(MENU_QUIT, "Quit", true, None),
+    ])?;
+    let (logo, logo_size) = logo_mask()?;
+    let icon = TrayIconBuilder::new().with_menu(Box::new(menu)).build()?;
+    let window = HWND(icon.window_handle());
+    let mut tray = Tray {
+        icon,
+        logo,
+        logo_size,
+        drawn: None,
+        status,
+        pause,
+        state: None,
+    };
+    tray.update();
+    unsafe { SetTimer(None, 0, 2000, None) };
+    let mut message = MSG::default();
+    while unsafe { GetMessageW(&mut message, None, 0, 0) }.0 > 0 {
+        unsafe { DispatchMessageW(&message) };
+        // WM_CLOSE, as the MSI sends, destroys the icon's window.
+        if !unsafe { IsWindow(Some(window)) }.as_bool() {
+            break;
+        }
+        // Ours, not the icon window's own hover timer.
+        if message.message == WM_TIMER && message.hwnd.is_invalid() {
+            tray.update();
+        }
+        while let Ok(event) = TrayIconEvent::receiver().try_recv() {
+            // The menu opens on release, so this keeps it current.
+            if let TrayIconEvent::Click {
+                button_state: MouseButtonState::Down,
+                ..
+            } = event
+            {
+                tray.update();
+            }
+        }
+        while let Ok(event) = MenuEvent::receiver().try_recv() {
+            if event.id == MENU_QUIT {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            tray.on_menu(event.id.as_ref());
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+struct Tray {
+    icon: TrayIcon,
+    /// The logo's alpha channel; it is square.
+    logo: Vec<u8>,
+    logo_size: u32,
+    /// Whether the taskbar was light and the service screening when the icon was last set.
+    drawn: Option<(bool, bool)>,
+    status: MenuItem,
+    pause: MenuItem,
+    /// As the menu last showed it.
+    state: Option<ServiceState>,
+}
+
+impl Tray {
+    fn update(&mut self) {
+        self.state = service_state();
+        let screening = self.state == Some(ServiceState::Running);
+        let light = light_taskbar();
+        if self.drawn != Some((light, screening)) {
+            let rgba = logo_rgba(&self.logo, light, screening);
+            if let Ok(icon) = Icon::from_rgba(rgba, self.logo_size, self.logo_size) {
+                let _ = self.icon.set_icon(Some(icon));
+            }
+            self.drawn = Some((light, screening));
+        }
+        let text = status_text(self.state);
+        let tip = format!("Strix Firewall: {text}");
+        let _ = self.icon.set_tooltip(Some(tip));
+        self.status.set_text(text);
+        let pause = if screening { "Pause" } else { "Resume" };
+        self.pause.set_text(pause);
+        self.pause.set_enabled(self.state.is_some());
+    }
+
+    fn on_menu(&self, id: &str) {
+        let state = self.state;
+        let screening = state == Some(ServiceState::Running);
+        let action: fn() -> Result<(), BoxError> = match id {
+            MENU_PAUSE if screening => || Ok(open_service()?.pause().map(drop)?),
+            MENU_PAUSE if state == Some(ServiceState::Paused) => {
+                || Ok(open_service()?.resume().map(drop)?)
+            }
+            MENU_PAUSE => || Ok(open_service()?.start::<&str>(&[])?),
+            MENU_RESTART => {
+                // Off the UI thread, since stopping takes a while.
+                std::thread::spawn(|| restart().unwrap_or_else(show_error));
+                return;
+            }
+            MENU_LOG => {
+                let log = HSTRING::from(data_dir().as_path());
+                let none = PCWSTR::null();
+                unsafe { ShellExecuteW(None, w!("open"), &log, none, none, SW_SHOWNORMAL) };
+                return;
+            }
+            _ => return,
+        };
+        action().unwrap_or_else(show_error);
+    }
+}
+
+fn show_error(error: BoxError) {
+    let text = HSTRING::from(error.to_string());
+    unsafe { MessageBoxW(None, &text, w!("Strix Firewall"), MB_ICONERROR) };
+}
+
+/// `None` when the service is not installed.
+fn service_state() -> Option<ServiceState> {
+    let manager =
+        ServiceManager::local_computer(None::<&str>, ServiceManagerAccess::CONNECT).ok()?;
+    let service = manager
+        .open_service(SERVICE_NAME, ServiceAccess::QUERY_STATUS)
+        .ok()?;
+    Some(service.query_status().ok()?.current_state)
+}
+
+fn light_taskbar() -> bool {
+    let personalize = r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize";
+    let Ok(key) = CURRENT_USER.open(personalize) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    key.get_u32("SystemUsesLightTheme").is_ok_and(|light| light == 1)
+}
+
+fn status_text(state: Option<ServiceState>) -> &'static str {
+    match state {
+        Some(ServiceState::Running) => "Screening downloads",
+        Some(ServiceState::Paused) => "Paused",
+        _ => "Not running",
+    }
+}
+
+fn open_service() -> Result<Service, BoxError> {
+    let manager = ServiceManager::local_computer(None::<&str>, ServiceManagerAccess::CONNECT)?;
+    let access = ServiceAccess::QUERY_STATUS
+        | ServiceAccess::START
+        | ServiceAccess::STOP
+        | ServiceAccess::PAUSE_CONTINUE;
+    Ok(manager.open_service(SERVICE_NAME, access)?)
+}
+
+/// Starting again re-reads the config.
+fn restart() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
+    let service = open_service()?;
+    if service.query_status()?.current_state != ServiceState::Stopped {
+        service.stop()?;
+    }
+    for _ in 0..60 {
+        if service.query_status()?.current_state == ServiceState::Stopped {
+            return Ok(service.start::<&str>(&[])?);
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
+    }
+    Err("The service did not stop.".into())
+}
+
+/// The alpha channel of the RGBA logo, and its width.
+fn logo_mask() -> Result<(Vec<u8>, u32), BoxError> {
+    let mut reader = png::Decoder::new(Cursor::new(LOGO)).read_info()?;
+    let mut rgba = vec![0; reader.output_buffer_size().ok_or("logo too large")?];
+    let info = reader.next_frame(&mut rgba)?;
+    let mut alpha = Vec::with_capacity(rgba.len() / 4);
+    for pixel in rgba.chunks(4) {
+        alpha.push(pixel[3]);
+    }
+    Ok((alpha, info.width))
+}
+
+/// White on a dark taskbar and black on a light one, as macOS draws a template image; dimmed
+/// when not screening.
+fn logo_rgba(mask: &[u8], light: bool, screening: bool) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let shade = if light { 0 } else { 255 };
+    let mut rgba = Vec::with_capacity(mask.len() * 4);
+    for &alpha in mask {
+        let alpha = if screening { alpha } else { alpha / 2 };
+        rgba.extend([shade, shade, shade, alpha]);
+    }
+    rgba
+}
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ pub async fn screen(url: &str, firewall: &Firewall) -> Option<String> {
    };
    info!(eco = registry.eco, pkg = %pkg.label(), %url, "screening");
    match consult(firewall, registry, &pkg).await {
-        Some((_, Verdict::Deny(reason))) => {
+        Some((filter, Verdict::Deny(reason))) => {
+            crate::blocks::record(registry.eco, &pkg, filter, &reason);
            Some(format!("{} {reason}", pkg.label()))
        }
        Some((filter, Verdict::Unknown(e))) if !firewall.config.fail_open => {
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use firewall::aliasing::forward::downgrade;
 use firewall::http::https_url;
-use firewall::Firewall;
+use firewall::{aliasing, Firewall, FirewallConfig};
 use rama::http::{Body, Request};
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};

 fn request(target: &str, host: Option<&str>) -> Request {
    let mut builder = Request::builder().method("GET").uri(target);
@@ -35,6 +37,25 @@ fn requests_always_go_out_over_tls() {
    assert_eq!(https_url(&request("/six", None)), None);
 }

+#[test]
+fn a_plain_http_upstream_is_not_upgraded() {
+    let upstream = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("bind");
+    let addr = upstream.local_addr().expect("address");
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let (mut stream, _) = upstream.accept().expect("accept");
+        let _ = stream.read(&mut [0; 4096]);
+        let _ = stream.write_all(b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 2\r\n\r\nok");
+    });
+
+    let port = aliasing::spawn(0, FirewallConfig::default()).expect("spawn");
+    let mut proxy = TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", port)).expect("connect");
+    let request = format!("GET http://{addr}/x HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {addr}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
+    proxy.write_all(request.as_bytes()).expect("write");
+    let mut response = String::new();
+    proxy.read_to_string(&mut response).expect("read");
+    assert!(response.starts_with("HTTP/1.1 200") && response.ends_with("ok"), "{response}");
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn downgrade_touches_known_hosts_in_text_only() {
    let text = b"https://pypi.org/x https://example.com/y".to_vec();
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
    <?define PlatformProgramFilesFolder = "ProgramFilesFolder" ?>
 <?endif ?>

-<Wix xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi'>
+<Wix xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi' xmlns:util='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension'>

    <Product
        Id='*'
@@ -95,6 +95,20 @@
                        <Environment Id='NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS' Name='NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS' Value='[CommonAppDataFolder]Strix Firewall\ca.pem' Action='set' System='yes'/>
                        <Environment Id='UV_SYSTEM_CERTS' Name='UV_SYSTEM_CERTS' Value='1' Action='set' System='yes'/>
                    </Component>
+                    <Component Id='binary2' Guid='*'>
+                        <File
+                            Id='exe2'
+                            Name='firewall-tray.exe'
+                            DiskId='1'
+                            Source='$(var.CargoTargetBinDir)\firewall-tray.exe'
+                            KeyPath='yes'/>
+                        <RegistryValue
+                            Root='HKLM'
+                            Key='SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
+                            Name='Strix Firewall'
+                            Type='string'
+                            Value='"[#exe2]"'/>
+                    </Component>
                </Directory>
            </Directory>
        </Directory>
@@ -110,6 +124,7 @@
            Absent='disallow'>
            <ComponentRef Id='binary0'/>
            <ComponentRef Id='binary1'/>
+            <ComponentRef Id='binary2'/>

            <Feature
                Id='Environment'
@@ -147,11 +162,21 @@
            Execute='deferred'
            Impersonate='no'
            Return='check'/>
+        <!-- From the exit dialog, which runs as the signed-in user rather than elevated. -->
+        <CustomAction
+            Id='StartTray'
+            Directory='APPLICATIONFOLDER'
+            ExeCommand='"[#exe2]"'
+            Return='asyncNoWait'/>
+        <!-- Before its file is replaced or removed. Trays WM_CLOSE does not reach, as in other sessions, are terminated. -->
+        <util:CloseApplication Id='CloseTray' Target='firewall-tray.exe' CloseMessage='yes' RebootPrompt='no' TerminateProcess='0'/>
        <InstallExecuteSequence>
            <!-- An upgrade removes the old version too, but should keep screening. -->
            <Custom Action='UninstallFirewall' After='DeleteServices'>REMOVE~="ALL" AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE</Custom>
            <Custom Action='SetFailureActions' After='InstallServices'>NOT REMOVE~="ALL"</Custom>
            <Custom Action='SetFailureFlag' After='SetFailureActions'>NOT REMOVE~="ALL"</Custom>
+            <!-- The default, before InstallFiles, is after RemoveFiles, which would find the tray still running. -->
+            <Custom Action='WixCloseApplications' Before='RemoveFiles'/>
        </InstallExecuteSequence>

        <SetProperty Id='ARPINSTALLLOCATION' Value='[APPLICATIONFOLDER]' After='CostFinalize'/>
@@ -161,6 +186,7 @@
            <UIRef Id='WixUI_FeatureTree'/>
            <Publish Dialog='WelcomeDlg' Control='Next' Event='NewDialog' Value='CustomizeDlg' Order='99'>1</Publish>
            <Publish Dialog='CustomizeDlg' Control='Back' Event='NewDialog' Value='WelcomeDlg' Order='99'>1</Publish>
+            <Publish Dialog='ExitDialog' Control='Finish' Event='DoAction' Value='StartTray' Order='1'>NOT Installed</Publish>
        </UI>
    </Product>

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import AppKit
+
+struct BlockedPackage: Codable, Hashable, Identifiable {
+    let eco: String
+    let name: String
+    let version: String?
+    let filter: String
+    let reason: String
+
+    var id: String { "\(eco)/\(name)@\(version ?? "")" }
+    var label: String { version.map { "\(name) \($0)" } ?? name }
+    /// The denylist and OSV only flag packages known to be malicious; the age check only holds back new ones.
+    var malicious: Bool { filter != "age" }
+}
+
+@MainActor
+enum BlockAlert {
+    static func show(_ package: BlockedPackage) {
+        let alert = NSAlert()
+        alert.addButton(withTitle: "OK")
+        if package.malicious {
+            alert.alertStyle = .critical
+            alert.messageText = "Blocked a malicious package"
+            alert.informativeText = "\(package.label) (\(package.eco)) \(package.reason). Do not install it."
+        } else {
+            alert.messageText = "Held back a new package"
+            alert.informativeText = "\(package.label) (\(package.eco)) \(package.reason)."
+        }
+        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
+        alert.runModal()
+    }
+}
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ final class FirewallModel: NSObject, ObservableObject {
    @Published private(set) var completed = false
    @Published private(set) var removed = false
    @Published private(set) var screening = false
+    @Published private(set) var blocked: [BlockedPackage] = []

    private let logger = Logger(subsystem: FirewallIDs.appBundleID, category: "installer")
    private var pendingRequest: (request: OSSystemExtensionRequest, continuation: CheckedContinuation<Void, Error>)?
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ final class FirewallModel: NSObject, ObservableObject {
            await refresh()
            if CommandLine.arguments.contains("--install") { await install() }
        }
+        Task { await watchBlocks() }
    }

    // MARK: - Flows
@@ -199,6 +201,21 @@ final class FirewallModel: NSObject, ObservableObject {
        if let url = URL(string: pane) { NSWorkspace.shared.open(url) }
    }

+    /// The extension cannot message the app, so the app asks it for blocks.
+    private func watchBlocks() async {
+        while true {
+            if screening, let reply = try? await providerMessage("blocks"),
+               let packages = try? JSONDecoder().decode([BlockedPackage].self, from: Data(reply.utf8)) {
+                for package in packages where !blocked.contains(package) {
+                    blocked.append(package)
+                    BlockAlert.show(package)
+                }
+                blocked = Array(blocked.suffix(10))
+            }
+            try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 2_000_000_000)
+        }
+    }
+
    private func stage(_ step: ReferenceWritableKeyPath<FirewallModel, StepStatus>,
                       running: String,
                       work: @MainActor () async throws -> String) async -> Bool {
@@ -22,5 +22,20 @@ struct MenuBarView: View {
            Task { await model.restart() }
        }
        .disabled(model.busy)
+
+        if !model.blocked.isEmpty {
+            Divider()
+            ForEach(model.blocked) { package in
+                if !package.malicious {
+                    Menu("Held back \(package.label) (\(package.eco))") {
+                        Text(package.reason)
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    Menu("Blocked \(package.label) (\(package.eco))") {
+                        Text("Malicious: \(package.reason)")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
    }
 }
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ build() {
  echo "==> Building"
  xcodegen generate >/dev/null
  xcodebuild -project Firewall.xcodeproj -scheme StrixFirewall -configuration $CONFIGURATION \
+    -destination generic/platform=macOS \
    -derivedDataPath build CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO \
    CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="" CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS="" build >/dev/null
 }
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ settings:
    "CARGO_PROFILE[config=Debug]": debug
    "LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS[arch=arm64]": $(SRCROOT)/../core/target/aarch64-apple-darwin/$(CARGO_PROFILE)
    "LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS[arch=x86_64]": $(SRCROOT)/../core/target/x86_64-apple-darwin/$(CARGO_PROFILE)
-    ARCHS: arm64
+    ARCHS: arm64 x86_64
    "ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH[config=Debug]": "YES"
    SWIFT_VERSION: "5.0"
    DEVELOPMENT_TEAM: ${TEAM}
@@ -127,5 +127,13 @@ targets:
          unset CC CXX CFLAGS CXXFLAGS
          export SDKROOT="$(xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path)"
          cd "$SRCROOT/../core"
-          cargo build --bin firewall-uninstall --target aarch64-apple-darwin $([ "$CONFIGURATION" = Debug ] || echo --release)
-          cp "target/aarch64-apple-darwin/$CARGO_PROFILE/firewall-uninstall" "$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$EXECUTABLE_FOLDER_PATH/"
+          bins=
+          for arch in $ARCHS; do
+            case $arch in
+              arm64|arm64e) triple=aarch64-apple-darwin ;;
+              x86_64)       triple=x86_64-apple-darwin ;;
+            esac
+            cargo build --bin firewall-uninstall --target $triple $([ "$CONFIGURATION" = Debug ] || echo --release)
+            bins="$bins target/$triple/$CARGO_PROFILE/firewall-uninstall"
+          done
+          lipo -create $bins -output "$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$EXECUTABLE_FOLDER_PATH/firewall-uninstall"
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Ian	c7b08a9dee	Blogpost Link	2026-10-23 13:57:13 -04:00
Ian	c8449338bc	Blogpost Link	2026-10-23 13:55:58 -04:00
Ian	3308978a38	Install further up	2026-10-23 13:54:59 -04:00
Ian	1acd02fc37	Tweaks	2026-10-23 13:54:00 -04:00
Ian	45c48874f4	Tweaks	2026-10-23 13:44:54 -04:00
Ian	383f974eb7	Tweaks	2026-10-23 13:43:24 -04:00
Ian	733e751fb9	Add a README	2026-10-23 12:52:37 -04:00
ian-at-strix	e521cbdefa	Show a popup when a package is blocked (#18 )	2026-10-22 16:58:13 -04:00
ian-at-strix	674f3bdcd3	Build the macOS app for Intel Macs too (#60 )	2026-10-22 16:48:01 -04:00
ian-at-strix	2df02bf23f	Restart the Windows service from the tray, to reload the config (#59 )	2026-10-22 16:40:49 -04:00
ian-at-strix	a3e5ab1802	Start the tray when the install finishes (#15 ) The MSI's exit dialog starts it from the unelevated UI process, so it runs as the signed-in user.	2026-10-22 16:28:09 -04:00
ian-at-strix	da750007fc	Show screening status in the Windows notification area (#14 ) * Show screening status in the Windows notification area firewall-tray.exe shows a tray icon: whether the service is screening, paused or not running, with Pause/Resume and Open log. The MSI starts it at every sign-in and closes it before replacing or removing it. The icon is the Strix logo, white on a dark taskbar and black on a light one like the macOS template image, and dimmed when not screening. tray.png is assets/logo-transparent.png scaled and padded to 32x32: sips -Z 32 logo-transparent.png --out a.png && sips -p 32 32 a.png --out tray.png * Open the folder of dated service logs from the tray	2026-10-22 16:28:08 -04:00
ian-at-strix	d9de2a8a94	Install machine-wide screening on Windows with an MSI (#11 ) The MSI installs both binaries, registers and starts the service with a DACL that lets interactive users start, stop and pause it, restarts it on failure, and sets NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS and UV_SYSTEM_CERTS. Removing it runs `firewall-service.exe uninstall` once the service is deleted, which clears the hosts entries and removes the CA, its TPM key and the data folder but the config.	2026-10-22 16:28:08 -04:00
ian-at-strix	b3f47664df	Forward plain-HTTP upstreams as asked (#1 ) The wrapper's forward proxy upgraded every request to HTTPS and rewrote links in index responses. Only an HTTPS registry is downgraded to reach us, so only that should be upgraded back and rewritten; anything else now goes out exactly as the client sent it, port included.	2026-10-22 16:11:31 -04:00