PeerGuardian AlternativesFirewalls and other similar apps like PeerGuardian

PeerGuardian has been discontinued. Similar apps include simplewall, which is free and open source. Other options are PeerBlock, CacheGuard Gateway, BeeThink IP Blocker and HostsXpert. In total there are six Firewalls like PeerGuardian for Windows, Linux and self-hosting.

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  1. PeerBlock icon
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    PeerBlock lets you control who your computer "talks to" on the Internet. By selecting appropriate lists of "known bad" computers, you can block communication with advertising or spyware oriented servers, computers monitoring your p2p activities, computers...

    5 PeerBlock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  2. CacheGuard Gateway is a free, open-source network security appliance for startups, growing businesses, and SMEs/SMBs that need enterprise-grade protection without the complexity or cost.

    138 CacheGuard Gateway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
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  3. BeeThink IP Blocker is a Windows IP Blocking program which controls one computer interacts with other computers over the network. It can be successfully used on Windows server machines, in a production environment, to easily ban unwanted IP addresses or visitors by country with...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. HostsXpert icon
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    HostsXpert is an ultra-groovy Hosts file Manager, Editor and Helper-outter. Below you'll find a list of HostsXpert's functions. Just a Simple word of caution - Hosts files are not to be taken lightly...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. iplist icon
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    iplist is a Linux application for blocking connections to and from a specified range of hosts using the netfilter netlink-queue library. iplist is an open source IP filtering program similar to PeerGuardian .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
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