2.05b1 Preview.

Hi All,

Here is a preview of the new 2.05b1 version:

http://looknstop.soft4ever.com/Beta/En/2.05b1/preview.htm

And here the content of the history section of the help file:

Features Added:

• DLL Filtering (Windows 2000-XP only)
• Port & IP selection for the Application Filtering
• Plug-in interface for localization, rule creation and log analysis by third party applications.
• Detection of troyans that are using DLL injection or DNS request through svchost/services.
• Detection of non-standard protocols and drivers under Win2000/XP.

Changes:

• Signature verification improvements (Windows 2000-XP only).
• New attribute in Application Filtering to have only blocking access in the log or all access.
• Addition of GB unit for statistic display in the Welcome page (however there is still the 4 GB limitation)
• All miscellaneous options in one list in the Advanced Options dialog box.
• In the "U/D #" column addition of a '-' or '+' information to know if the packet has been blocked or allowed.
• In the Application Filtering, it is now possible to sort the lines by clicking on the column headers.
• Addition of the 'TCP or UDP' selection to the list of protocols in the rule edition dialog box
• Automatic log entries removal when reaching a limit (configurable by the user).

Fixes:

• Under some 2003 Server configuration, the network interface wasn't correctly detected.
• The field "IP to exclude for auto-detection" was sometimes badly interpreted.
• The rule names in the log are now correct even if some rule have been added without applied yet.
• Crash when the maximum number of Internet Filtering rules was reached.

Frederic

 

Hello,Frederic

It looks great i was thinking of buying
2.4 should i hold on & get 2.5 ?

& as always keep up the great work

Good luck

Hi,Paul

 

whow - when can we try it??

Ruben

 

My thoughts exactly...

Thanks Frederic by the way for the sneak peak.

 

Upgrades are free unless it is major revision at which time you can rest assured Frédéric will label it 3.xxx

 

Will it be possible to write an ad-blocker/web-fliter plugin?

LnS would be perfect then...

-Klaus

 

Nevermind, didn't see this line:

Plug-in interface for localization, rule creation and log analysis by third party applications.

Aww...

 

Implementing ad-blocker/web-filtering technology into Software Firewall won’t bring it close to being perfect but further from being perfect. And from what I always observed, Software Firewall vendors that implements such features always ended up creating bloatware that is far from being easy on System Resources.

Lets try to focus why many chooses Look ‘n’ Stop, one is being the most easiest on System Resources. And besides if you want ad-blocker/web-filtering technology get something separate.

I use AdSubtract Pro v2.55 [http://www.adsubtract.com/], and I’m more than satisfied with it.

 

Re:2.05b1 Preview. AAP, from

what I understand, maybe Frederic or Phantom can correct me, if you get the LnS v2.04, the upgrade to 2.05 will be free. The current version is a great firewall.

Once I get my desktop box back up and running and can get off this laptop, I'll be reloading LooknStop.

 

Hey

My assumptions are that v2.05(non-beta) is considered as a major release, what isn’t considered a major release is the betas.

I guess Frederic will need confirm...

 

AtGuard.

It can be done. The problem is, most vendors today don't really care about system resources in the first place. No matter what they (try to) write/implement.

Of course low system resource usage should be 1st priority, thats why an web-filter plug-in(!) would be best. You won't have to load it if you don't need it.

Take a look at Ad Muncher (http://www.admuncher.com/). It's small (~360 kb in file size), fast (written in assembly) and features everything you can think of. To have a LnS plug-in like this would make LnS the perfect software firewall - at least in my book

-Klaus

 

Hey Klaus

I absolutely agree, except one thing the file-size.

 

Hi

We're both right. Look at the size of the installed file(s)

-Klaus

 

LOL

 

Yes, this is absolutely correct.
2.0x registered users can use free of charge 2.0y versions (x<y or even x>y ).

Frederic

 

Hi,

Unfortunately, this will not be possible with this version.
A baseline needs to be present to have plugins.

Frederic

 

Does this beta version have a fix for the Intel P4 Hyper-Threading problem in Win XP or is that still in the works?

 

Hey Harold77

It is still in the works...

Regards,

 

Once again - is that just pictures or any download somewhere??

Ruben

 

preview of the new 2.05b1 version

 

Forgive me if this question has been asked already...

Will App filtering for 2.05 have the ability to specify both local and remote ports and addresses?

Continue the great work Frederic!

 

Hey rerun2

For the moment, Remote IP/Port.

 

There is no need imho to filter local ports for app.
As far as I know it is chosen by the OS when connection is established so should be anyway in 1024-5000 range

 

I find it quite necessary to filter both Local and Remote ports, for instance when in response to Client Applications with server capabilities, or running servers in general. For a small example look at the Application Layer Gateway Service which is used by many ftp-client applications, it’ll be bitch to specify port for incomings…

 

Hmm didn't think about running servers indeed.
Also for example letting say ftp client answer to identd request when connecting to some place that requires it to speed things up on connection.
Lets hope Frederic will add that too