Serious Discussion Fort Firewall

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.6.8

• UI: Programs: Optimize app info loading.
• UI: Programs: Swap "State" & "File Path" columns.

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.6.9

• UI: Options: Fix saving regression.

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.7.0

• UI: Programs: Load app icons in separate thread.

 

[LDogg]

Fort Firewall v3.7.0

• UI: Programs: Load app icons in separate thread.

Thanks for the constant updates!

~LDogg

 

[blueblackwow65]

Hi how is this compared to portmasterfirewall,never tried portmaster firewall.

 

[tnodir]

Hi how is this compared to portmasterfirewall,never tried portmaster firewall.

Portmaster looks very user friendly. Domain names filtering per app and SPN features are cool.

But I need the following features in Fort Firewall:
- app groups to easily enable/disable group of programs
- wildcards in program path names
- IP addresses blocking, as in PeerBlock
- speed limiting
- auto-apply program's rules to its child processes

Also I'm concerned about CPU usage when torrenting.

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.7.1

• UI: Options: IP Addresses: Add "Show Zones" button.
• UI: Try to reconnect to killed service by timer.
• Driver: Refactor for IRQ level to avoid Driver Verifier errors.
• Installer: Use "C:\Program Files" by default on 64-bit OS.

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.7.3

• UI: Don't reset password on Quota alert.
• UI: Options: Statistics: Fix Quota changes applying.
• UI: Service: Add ability to pause/continue client connections.
• Driver: Use event to wait processes enumeration.
• Driver: Abort bad flows on unload.

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.7.4

• UI: Programs: Add ability to not collect blocked connections.
• UI: Blocked Connections: Process storing in separate thread.
• UI: Update SQLite to v3.41.0

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.7.5

• Fix the distribution: A test signed driver was included in v3.7.4

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.7.6

• UI: Blocked Connections: Fix list updating.
• UI: Don't check password on Quit.

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.7.7

• UI: Auto-restart service on termination.
• UI: Options: Add "Disable Service controls" flag.
• UI: Options: Add "Check password on Uninstall" flag.

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.7.8

• UI: Fix service stopping on uninstall with "Disable Service controls" option.

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.7.9

• UI: Vacuum the DB outside of transaction.
• UI: Options: Add "Ctrl/Alt + Single Click" tray icon events.
• UI: Drop Qt 5 support. Only Qt 6 is supported for building the sources!

 

[Shadowra]

This firewall is weird...
Let me explain...

I just tested it quickly with a RAT that I built with a fake Wisevector signature (but I went as far as modifying a few parts to make it look like Microsoft) .
The RAT used is Venom5, a fork of AsyncRAT.

I left the firewall by default, and launched the Trojan in administrator mode.
I noticed that Fort Firewall create a rule automatically and allow the connection without warning me....
Why doesn't it ask if it doesn't know?

 

[tnodir]

Why doesn't it ask if it doesn't know?

Thanks for checking it out.

Fort Firewall (FFw) is in a "learning" mode after installation.

It indicates about alerts in the tray system icon.

So you have to turn off the "Auto-Allow New Programs" flag.
And review the auto-allowed apps in the Programs window.

(This initial behavior is for case, when you install it on remote computer. So the connection will not be auto-blocked.)

And please test the latest version: v3.7.9 for now.

 

[Shadowra]

Thanks for checking it out.

Fort Firewall (FFw) is in a "learning" mode after installation.

It indicates about alerts in the tray system icon.

So you have to turn off the "Auto-Allow New Programs" flag.
And review the auto-allowed apps in the Programs window.

(This initial behavior is for case, when you install it on remote computer. So the connection will not be auto-blocked.)

And please test the latest version: v3.7.9 for now.

Thanks for your answer

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.8.0

• UI: Add "Auto-Learn" mode, remove "Auto-Allow New Programs" flag.
• UI: Update SQLite to v3.41.1

 

[I Walk MY Way]

@ tnodir
I love the "Auto-Learn" mode so far so good,

 

[tnodir]

Fort Firewall v3.8.1

• UI: Programs: Group's name reflects its enabled flag.
• UI: Options: Move "Filter Local Addresses" flag into "Self Protection" group.
• Driver: Filter local addresses when Fort is not running.
• Driver: Rework flows closing on driver unload.