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<blockquote data-quote="Kubla" data-source="post: 801813" data-attributes="member: 58813"><p>I asked the developer about the IP Data Base requirement and this is what he emailed back:</p><p></p><p><em>Hi,</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Yes, to get the full functionality of the intelligent firewall you need the IP database. </em></p><p><em>With the database a network trace will translate IP addresses into organization names.</em></p><p><em>The firewall requires it to identify the IP ranges assigned to each organization.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Currently supported is the one you mentioned.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Usually, they offer licenses for 10 servers for 79 Euro, including monthly updates.</em></p><p><em>This is a good option, especially if you have more than 1 PC.</em></p><p><em>Monthly updates are not absolutely required, but preferred.</em></p><p><em>The IPv4 address allocation is not changing much, especially for the larger organizations.</em></p><p></p><p>As an experiment I opened Brave Browser then did a trace with the xSOS firewall and connected to a news site then stopped the log.</p><p>It looks like this:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]210102[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p> Just opening the web site there were 97 connections from 19 entities, so it looks like that IP database is required to identify those connections and their organizations so you can block them should you wish.</p><p></p><p>I also assume that the AI would use the database to only connect to the valid IP of this news site blocking or disregarding all the other connections.</p><p></p><p>I am liking this idea more and more, essentially this would allow you to browse the net where you control it instead of it controlling you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kubla, post: 801813, member: 58813"] I asked the developer about the IP Data Base requirement and this is what he emailed back: [I]Hi, Yes, to get the full functionality of the intelligent firewall you need the IP database. With the database a network trace will translate IP addresses into organization names. The firewall requires it to identify the IP ranges assigned to each organization. Currently supported is the one you mentioned. Usually, they offer licenses for 10 servers for 79 Euro, including monthly updates. This is a good option, especially if you have more than 1 PC. Monthly updates are not absolutely required, but preferred. The IPv4 address allocation is not changing much, especially for the larger organizations.[/I] As an experiment I opened Brave Browser then did a trace with the xSOS firewall and connected to a news site then stopped the log. It looks like this: [ATTACH type="full" alt="210102"]210102[/ATTACH] Just opening the web site there were 97 connections from 19 entities, so it looks like that IP database is required to identify those connections and their organizations so you can block them should you wish. I also assume that the AI would use the database to only connect to the valid IP of this news site blocking or disregarding all the other connections. I am liking this idea more and more, essentially this would allow you to browse the net where you control it instead of it controlling you. [/QUOTE]
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