How is Windows 10 Firewall?

[sinu]

Is there any inbound / outbound notification in windows 10 firewall ?
Is there any improvements ?

 

[Deleted member 178]

WF is fine thanks

Spoiler: more seriously

more seriously , it is same as Win8.1 , i dont see huge changes

 

[jamescv7]

In such default you will have a very least notification since most of known programs are registered automatically or included as pre-default settings. Highly suggest to conduct a little research and make your preferences of using advance settings'; why not add like manual firewall feature like Glasswire or WFC which design to integrate from built in firewall of Windows.

 

[Rolo]

WAF does give you notifications for questionable (unsigned by trusted CA) software--a smart design to keep if from being ridiculous like UAC.

You're not going to find a better firewall...nobody will reinvent a better wheel here.

If you want notifications, try GlassWire. If you want prompts, buy GlassWire (though its prompts break connections rather than "hold" them).

 

[sinu]

Inbound and outbound notification is a must which is still not implemented in windows firewall looks like they are more concentrating on look and feel

 

[Ink]

Same as before, and as before, you can use any of the Free Firewall software for Inbound/Outbound notifications.

TinyWall - http://tinywall.pados.hu/
WFC - http://www.binisoft.org/wfc.php
W10FC - http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/order.html
GlassWire - https://www.glasswire.com/​

Microsoft have to improve on usability rather than "Do You Want To Allow This?" Why do you think Windows Defender has become mostly automated in response to malware threats.

If you want to tune Windows Firewall without 3rd party software, use the Advanced Settings, but requires manual configuring.

 

[Rolo]

Inbound and outbound notification is a must which is still not implemented in windows firewall

If you believe that then you really do not know how WAF works.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Cc785652(v=WS.10).aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Cc738649(v=WS.10).aspx

Install the following program on two networked computers: http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/
WAF will give you inbound and outbound notifications and you pick whether it can talk on Home/Private networks and/or Public networks.

They aren't concentrating at all on look and feel--that's users' issue who want convenient prompts rather than creating rules manually. GlassWire provides a really, really nice look and feel and it's a GUI to create WAF rules on-demand.

I don't know what else MS should provide; WAF tells you the program and whether it is listening (server service), sending, or receiving. What else is there?

Constant prompting (*ahem* UAC *ahem*) gets useless quickly.
http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/44609/how-do-i-avoid-users-becoming-numb-to-warnings