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Simple firewall for MS Windows.
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- SV1987 reviewed Fort Firewall
Unlike FAB and similar UIs for the built-in firewall, this one can remove missing programs all at once. It has a separate window to control services. Uses the white list principle. Learns. Has both the black and white list modes. It installs a service.
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- Kodijack reviewed Fort Firewall
Pros:
- Simple and efficient
- No bloatware
- Grouping
- Traffic-shaping
- Scheduling
- Statistics
- Works with UWP-Apps & Services
- Neat simplistic interface
- Is able to kill processes not just block them
- Open source
- PORTABLE! (optional) and still automatic updates (oh yes!)
- Active and caring dev!
- Recently added: Port- & Protocol-filtering
- Recently added: Complex rules
Cons: 1̶. N̶e̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ p̶o̶r̶t̶-̶ n̶o̶r̶ p̶r̶o̶t̶o̶c̶o̶l̶-̶f̶i̶l̶t̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶...
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- Kodijack reviewed Fort Firewall
Pros:
- Simple and efficient
- No bloatware
- Grouping
- Traffic-shaping
- Scheduling
- Statistics
- Works with UWP-Apps & Services
- Neat simplistic interface
- Is able to kill processes not just block them
- Open source
- PORTABLE! (optional) and still automatic updates (oh yes!)
- Active and caring dev!
- Recently added: Port- & Protocol-filtering
- Recently added: Complex rules
Cons: 1̶. N̶e̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ p̶o̶r̶t̶-̶ n̶o̶r̶ p̶r̶o̶t̶o̶c̶o̶l̶-̶f̶i̶l̶t̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶...
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- 38 Open Issues
- Updated Feb 10, 2025
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Cons: 1̶. N̶e̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ p̶o̶r̶t̶-̶ n̶o̶r̶ p̶r̶o̶t̶o̶c̶o̶l̶-̶f̶i̶l̶t̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ Y̶E̶T̶. 2. No server/client-setup possible YET. 3̶. N̶o̶ c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶e̶x̶ r̶u̶l̶e̶s̶ p̶o̶s̶s̶i̶b̶l̶e̶ Y̶E̶T̶.
To me the perfect (and only real) simplewall-alternative. To be precise: The best (FOSS) Firewall there is.
Kodi, thanks for kind review.
Can you please create issue on Github?
Reply written May 15, 2024
There already is one ("Centralized management for the enterprise environment #246") :-)
Reply written May 15, 2024
Kodi, with v3.14.13 you can tick off the 1) and 3) of Cons.
Reply written Nov 23, 2024
You're awesome, thanks! And ticked off they are :)
Reply written Nov 23, 2024
Unlike FAB and similar UIs for the built-in firewall, this one can remove missing programs all at once. It has a separate window to control services. Uses the white list principle. Learns. Has both the black and white list modes. It installs a service.
Wow! Finally found a gem of a firewall! It's like TinyWall & SimpleWall had a baby, and some.
It's easy to use, nice UI, no intensives popups.
The must have function is wild cards.... God it's good to finally stop receiving demands to allow/block for an app because the path changes for each version (C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\v.32.2.2_qsdkfjhqldkfhoqg\Microsoft.SharePoint.exe becomes C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive*\Microsoft.SharePoint.exe).
Great work devs! Gotta send you some money for coffee/beer.
The only open source firewall that supports path wildcards.
While this increases the potential security risks is also the only option if you install it for people with no IT knowledge.
So it was either this or no firewall at all for the person i installed to.
It has a lot of features and it is constantly updated and improved.
Just wish it had a way to handle grouping applications together.
For example you have: 1)C:\MyApp\Update.exe 2)C:\MyApp2\DoStuff.exe 3)C:\MyApp3\DoOtherStuff.exe
I would like to create 2 groups that can be manually allowed/blocked 1 group to be with 1) and 3) and another group to be with 1) and 2)
Currently the only way i found to group it like this was with wildcards which is not ideal.
Apart from that it's perfect for what i needed.
Thanks for feedback!
Can you please create an Issue or Discussion on GitHub for the apps grouping problem and elaborate why you need it?
Reply written Oct 9, 2024
Handle "Svchost.exe" not as whole but treat it per service. Not so common feature despite being a game changer
EDIT: since a recent release, it feature a popup window Nearly perfect UI now
Fort is the ONLY replacement I've found for SimpleWall to be:
I would rather use this software than simplewall. Its tutorials are more detailed and its functions are comprehensive.