- Feb 19, 2022
- 6
Hi,
I use Simplewall to whitelist apps which are allowed to connect to the internet. Since Windows has quite some privacy-invasive behavior by-default, I would like to only allow apps which strictly need it for security purposes. For example for Windows, Defender and Certificate Updates, and optionally Defender Cloud Protection/Sample Submission (still undecisive about using the latter).
I checked the "Allow Windows Update" rule, however I am unsure about other applications/services. To mention a few:
- mpdefendercoreservice.exe
- lsass.exe
- svchost.exe
- System
- apphostregistrationverifier.exe
- taskhostw.exe
- nissrv.exe
- SppExtComObj.exe
Does anyone know which of these (or other important apps) should be allowed to connect to the internet for security purposes?
I use Simplewall to whitelist apps which are allowed to connect to the internet. Since Windows has quite some privacy-invasive behavior by-default, I would like to only allow apps which strictly need it for security purposes. For example for Windows, Defender and Certificate Updates, and optionally Defender Cloud Protection/Sample Submission (still undecisive about using the latter).
I checked the "Allow Windows Update" rule, however I am unsure about other applications/services. To mention a few:
- mpdefendercoreservice.exe
- lsass.exe
- svchost.exe
- System
- apphostregistrationverifier.exe
- taskhostw.exe
- nissrv.exe
- SppExtComObj.exe
Does anyone know which of these (or other important apps) should be allowed to connect to the internet for security purposes?