@zipcode I can't speak for Rimon.
As far as Netfree goes:
Netfree is whitelist based.

I'm a webmaster for several websites and I need to be able to access/administer them through the browser and through ftp.

Shouldn't be a problem but requires a request to whitelist them if they have not yet been whitelisted.

I'm a graphic artist and at times I'll need access to stock photo websites. The problem in this case is these websites seem to randomly toss in unexpected photos that I deem not-tznius.
At times I will need to search through many screens of photos to find the best image.

As far as kashrus is concerned Netfree is absolutely without doubt the best, each image passes a human inspection. Only images with no women are allowed through.
On the practicality side of things: Be prepared to sacrifice for the sake of kashrus...
The fact that ALL images must undergo human inspection means it takes time for images to come through. (Any previously checked image will not undergo another check so on very popular sites most images will be available immmediately.)
Any images containing women are blocked even if you might deem them ok.

I need access to Gmail, Wix, Google fonts, and a few other sites to download shiurim.

Should all be ok. (As long as the shiurim follow the mainstream charedi outlook).

How is Rimon filtering different for this use case?

Reportedly they cannot filter images very well. Some sites will have even kosher images blocked and other sites will have even unkosher pictures available.
Reportedly the customer service is far less good.

Obviously you can't expect a totally unbiased opinion in the Netfree forum...

A huge difference is that Rimon is a business venture targeting mainly the dati croud whereas Netfree is a charedi non profit venture.

Steps to install a store app on macOS under Netfree

Note: These instructions will only work to install free apps, unfortunately, installing payed apps requires using the App Store which cannot work under Netfree (Due to Apple's certificate pinning policy). In addition, Apple Silicon (M1) based Macs can also install iOS apps using the described method but it may require requesting from Netfree to whitelist that particular app’s download. A support request with an attached traffic recording should resolve that.

• If Homebrew is not yet installed, install Homebrew.
• Install mas by opening a terminal (e.g. Terminal.app, the macOS inbuilt terminal app) and typing the following command: brew install mas (followed by enter). After some textual output, the mas command will be installed on your system.
• Find the id of the wanted app. One way of doing so is to search for the app on Google and then find the result which points to app.apple.com. The last component of the URL of that result will contain the app id.
e.g. When doing a Google search for “moovit”, one result points to: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moovit-all-transit-options/id498477945, the last component of which contains the id “498477945”. This is the id of the Moovit app.
• Again in a terminal, type the following command: mas purchase appid where in place of the word “appid” you type the actual app id. E.g. in the case of the above mentioned Moovit app the command will be: mas purchase 498477945.
• If prompted by a notification titled: “Current Version Not Compatible”, choose “Download last compatible”. If you receive an error saying: Error: Download failed: The server gave an error during download: 418 Client Error. it indicated that the download has not yet been whitelisted by Netfree and it will require a support request with an attached traffic recording to resolve the issue.

Perhaps the English forum will get some attention now

@שלו When have you had a chance to test this?
We first have to create some traffic...
For what it's worth, I do see the number of unread posts.

There seems to be two distinct issues which are being mixed together. 1 is the issue of no workers when it's shabbos in Eretz Yisroel. The other is the work going too slow when it's night time in Eretz Yisroel. The first requires a halachic solution and the second needs a practical solution.
As an aside, how many US users are there?

I pretty sure that if a kehilla would make it part of their policy that Wifree can only be removed via the kehilla, it would be acceptable with Netfree, no?
(Is there no kehila already like that?)

@אורי said in Bezeq:

Can you sign up for this directly from Bezeq BL.

Apparently, yes.
Although @magicode wrote in the Hebrew forum that he feels it appropriate to sign up via the agent who worked very hard to make it all possible (the price is the same).

Hi @fj ,
Can you give some more detail? Can you post the output of the command? What doesn't work now?
If you are using Firefox you will need to follow these instructions since Firefox uses it's own built in certificate store.

The language on the "switch language"/"שנה שפה" button is perhaps slightly misleading since it leads to an entirely different site/forum. Perhaps it should be rephrased as "Go to English Language Forum" or something?

In which country?
In Israel this has been highly recommended for supporting all the common frequencies used in Israel.

@aronu The screenshot is of VS Code?

Either way, see
https://netfree.link/wiki/Installation_of_certificate_in_Android_Studio#:~:text=Note%3A This solution is probably not useful for the gradle subprocesses that the IDE runs. It turns out you will get gradle errors and need the next solution.

In general, the wiki has solutions for many popular programs

@mz-w yup, that's me

Unfortunately, auto-checking of extensions is only impemented for Chrome extensions - not Firefox. To download a Firefox extension it has to be explicitly whitelisted by sending a request to Netfree.

@mz-w Did you check a traffic recording to see if Netfree are blocking the download?

@byk
Hi (welcome to the forums ),
I answered on the Hebrew forum, (the English forum has very little traffic nowadays).
To paraphrase from my answer there:

• Connecting to Netfree via HTTP proxy is not an officially supported option. If you have a practical need for it, it would be worthwhile to open a ticket directly with the support explaining why you need it.
• According to this article, Chromeos will shortly start supporting always-on VPN which will allow you to use Netfree via VPN without any possibility of bypass (hopefully).

@zipcode said in What is the difference between NetFree and Rimon?:

If I'm getting significant delays, can Netfree be turned off so I can continue working?

No!!!

I have no problem with filtering, but who owns the keys?
Does a user need to petition a va'ad for reshut to put the filter on hold?

There is absolutely no such thing as disabling the filter.

How do we uninstall if it's too difficult based on our needs?

There is no installation, and hence no uninstallation. It is a ISP side filter. Change your ISP and you are not filtered anymore.

Wikipedia and other Torah sites

Mostly shouldn't be an issue.

My wife wants to be able to watch recorded shiurim given by women. Can the filter be configured to allow sites deemed essential by the user?

As a matter of policy, only content that is acceptable for everyone (i.e. men & women) is open. Also there is no option to allow content that doesn't pass the baseline policies.

My wife has a presence on LinkedIn and she gets new clients in that venue. Is LinkedIn available?

No (I am not sure why but it Netfree considers linkedin a social networking site)

@zipcode I can't speak for Rimon.
As far as Netfree goes:
Netfree is whitelist based.

I'm a webmaster for several websites and I need to be able to access/administer them through the browser and through ftp.

Shouldn't be a problem but requires a request to whitelist them if they have not yet been whitelisted.

I'm a graphic artist and at times I'll need access to stock photo websites. The problem in this case is these websites seem to randomly toss in unexpected photos that I deem not-tznius.
At times I will need to search through many screens of photos to find the best image.

As far as kashrus is concerned Netfree is absolutely without doubt the best, each image passes a human inspection. Only images with no women are allowed through.
On the practicality side of things: Be prepared to sacrifice for the sake of kashrus...
The fact that ALL images must undergo human inspection means it takes time for images to come through. (Any previously checked image will not undergo another check so on very popular sites most images will be available immmediately.)
Any images containing women are blocked even if you might deem them ok.

I need access to Gmail, Wix, Google fonts, and a few other sites to download shiurim.

Should all be ok. (As long as the shiurim follow the mainstream charedi outlook).

How is Rimon filtering different for this use case?

Reportedly they cannot filter images very well. Some sites will have even kosher images blocked and other sites will have even unkosher pictures available.
Reportedly the customer service is far less good.

Obviously you can't expect a totally unbiased opinion in the Netfree forum...

A huge difference is that Rimon is a business venture targeting mainly the dati croud whereas Netfree is a charedi non profit venture.

@pdavidow indeed. This is a bug...

@cmark said in Ability to edit Support Request once sent:

Whats wrong with a reply writing correction?

Not a good user experience.

@pdavidow closed requests don't show up in the list but can still be accessed by their original URL. The original URL can be found in the email notifications for that support request.

BTW, there is no need to close requests. They may be left open indefinitely.

@pdavidow it already exists.
Click on the little + symbol next to the subject line of the request