Disclaim development freeze of PM & Stamp

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## Portmaster ## Portmaster
**Important**: [currently in development freeze](/podcast/2019/09/19/decisions-that-shift-a-company/)
Portmaster is an application firewall that enforces application profiles on processes. Portmaster is an application firewall that enforces application profiles on processes.
Being an application firewall means tightly integrating with the kernel of the underlying OS <span class="text-lighter">(via network filter APIs or kernel modules)</span> to gain needed information <span class="text-lighter">(associate network packets to processes)</span> and control <span class="text-lighter">(block or deny network connections)</span>. Being an application firewall means tightly integrating with the kernel of the underlying OS <span class="text-lighter">(via network filter APIs or kernel modules)</span> to gain needed information <span class="text-lighter">(associate network packets to processes)</span> and control <span class="text-lighter">(block or deny network connections)</span>.
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## Stamp ## Stamp
**Important**: [currently in development freeze](/podcast/2019/09/19/decisions-that-shift-a-company/)
[Stamp](https://stamp.community) is an online community where participants _"stamp"_ <span class="text-lighter">(ie. tag, categorize)</span> domains and applications <span class="text-lighter">(used by Portmaster for application profiles)</span> to serve as a data source for any kind of network filter. Contributions are rewarded with reputation that gives them more influence on the platform. This reputation system will be blockchain-based in the future. Stamp is a separate project that is backed by Safing. [Stamp](https://stamp.community) is an online community where participants _"stamp"_ <span class="text-lighter">(ie. tag, categorize)</span> domains and applications <span class="text-lighter">(used by Portmaster for application profiles)</span> to serve as a data source for any kind of network filter. Contributions are rewarded with reputation that gives them more influence on the platform. This reputation system will be blockchain-based in the future. Stamp is a separate project that is backed by Safing.
## Further Reading ## Further Reading