Vallum main window

To configure and use Vallum use the Vallum main window. Open it from Vallum menulet icon in OS X menu bar, near the clock, selecting “Vallum Settings”.
There is no Vallum icon in the dock or menus in OS X menu bar. Vallum constantly runs in background, you can interact with it only from the menulet icon near the clock. Quitting the menulet will not shut down the filtering engine, but only silence it. Vallum.app (the menulet itself) is set to automatically start at login, and you should keep it always running.
Use the main Vallum window to access main Vallum features.
To switch between views in main window use the segmented control in the toolbar.
The views in Vallum main Window are:

• Apps view: this is the place where you set apps rules. Managed apps feature a descriptive icon to distinguish between passed apps and blocked apps and mixed-state apps.
• Exclusions view: define rules that affects both firewall filtering and verbosity.
• Connections logs view: apps connections logs. This view shows all apps connection attempts.
• Strategies view: choose from 6 different predefined configurations.

From main window you can also access:

• Custom Presets Window: manage your own list of custom presets. Each preset can be enabled on the fly with one mouse click.
• Tools menu to import/export Vallum configuration, restore to default configuration or open Vallum preferences panel

Each view feature two buttons on top right of main Vallum window. Click the blue “i” button to get a legenda for current view, click the “gear” button to get a list of available actions.

If Vallum Notification Alerts are enabled then Vallum will display notifications on right-top of your screen.

• Notification Alerts: when enabled, they allow you to manage each connections on the fly, for each app, at both application and network level, interacting with Murus groups, black list, managed services and custom rules.