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Which apps to whitelist in Simplewall to keep system secure?
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<blockquote data-quote="JordanMason8" data-source="post: 1081860" data-attributes="member: 94364"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>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). </p><p></p><p>I checked the "Allow Windows Update" rule, however I am unsure about other applications/services. To mention a few:</p><p>- mpdefendercoreservice.exe</p><p>- lsass.exe</p><p>- svchost.exe</p><p>- System</p><p>- apphostregistrationverifier.exe</p><p>- taskhostw.exe</p><p>- nissrv.exe</p><p>- SppExtComObj.exe</p><p></p><p>Does anyone know which of these (or other important apps) should be allowed to connect to the internet for security purposes?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JordanMason8, post: 1081860, member: 94364"] 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? [/QUOTE]
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