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In Reply to: If you're looking for a very low resource firewall... posted by andy_c on August 20, 2006 at 11:59:22:
Or use hardware, like a router that has one built-in. I use a D-Link DGL-4100, which not only lets me pass all the firewall tests out on the internet that I've tried, but allows me completely disable all firewall services in Windows. It also supports Gigabit ethernet speeds (which I've used for my two networked home computers).
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Do hardware firewalls nowadays prevent user chosen applications from connecting out? This would be a recent and major change if so. I want to prevent application X from accessing the internet. That's the reason I have a software firewall. I accept all incoming in the software firewall under the assumption that the hardware firewall is doing its job in that respect.
They do if the right ports are blocked from outbound traffic. Most of them are set up to block everything out of the box except for the commonly used ports.I suppose an app could use a port opened for another trusted app.
I guess I live dangerously. I haven't found a software firewall that isn't annoying and a resource hog.
I'm not sure. I think you can download this manual at the DLink site though. I remember quite a few settings in the setup pages for enabling and disabling various ports (for specific games, for example), so I believe it should be possible to block specific applications.
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