Which firewall is easiest for making "on the fly" IP addr rules after viewing a log?

Which firewall is easiest for making "on the fly" IP address rules after viewing a internet log?
After all, what good is a firewall if it's difficult and awkward to make IP address rules in response to what you see in a internet log?

I just tried:
1. Online Armor and,
2. Private Guard
Both are awkward to use.

Jettico is the easiest to use so far- I can make rules directly from their internet log without having to go through a bunch of menus. Tiny Personal Firewall (TPF) is obsolete.

Anyone have opinions?

 

You can do it with Comodo, take a look to see how looks like: http://help.comodo.com/topic-72-1-170-1692-Application-Rules.html

Or take a look to this one http://www.looknstop.com/En/index2.htm

 

Thank you- I will give them a try on some virtual machines!

 

I just tried Look N Stop firewall and it failed the above criteria.

 

I think Filseclab FW can do this
Log applications

Monitor applications

Monitor connections

 

Doesn't look n stop auto make a rule when you right click on the log entry?
ellison

 

Re: Which firewall is easiest for making "on the fly" IP addr rules after viewing a l

Filseclab is a bit dated, but I liked it when I ran it some time ago.
One thing I very much liked was it's logging, in that every log entry's "allowed" or "blocked" bit of traffic is associated to a specific rule number. Makes diagnosing any issues fairly easy.
Great convenience when troubleshooting / editing rules.

 

Re: Which firewall is easiest for making "on the fly" IP addr rules after viewing a l

I like it very much too and sometimes I return to it ... just sentiment Although it is fairly old program, I think it can be still good, efficient and usefull.

 

How so? You click it and set as a rule in the log.

 

It refuses to make a rule whenever I tap "Create Rule"

 

While your at it, you might try PC Tools firewall. IIRC, it was pretty easy to configure once you figured out how to get to the rules editor.

Good luck,
SourMilk out

 

"make a rule" is missing from my right click

 

Re: Which firewall is easiest for making "on the fly" IP addr rules after viewing a l

I tried it out, and thanks to your tips, it very easy to make rules "on the fly" from the Monitor.

 

I'll check it out!

 

Yea your right, it's fairly easy to configure.
I wonder why people don't like it?

 

I cant remember exactly off hand as its been a while since i used it,but its possible you may have to enable advanced mode and log blocked packets,to get the right click option.
ellison

 

RE:- L`n`S

Sounds like a possible corrupted install or conflict.

From the L`n`S help file (helps files are usually a good place to look for info)



The options are there on my installation.

- Stem

 

I will try re-installing it!
I hope it's not a virtual machine or OS corruption problem.

 

I figured out what was going on: The "create a rule" is geared for creating rules to allow or restrict port access. You would have to manually keypunch in the IP address, that you want to restrict, from the log. It does not transfer the IP address from the log to the "new rule". This is unnecessarily labor intensive.

If I am missing the boat, let me know.

 

Zone Alarm & Norton 360 and do not meet the criteria for "on the fly" rules.

 

One should never forget Malware Defender. The Log-Context Menu is pretty basic (create permit or deny rule), but: creating the rule will select the application in"rules window", where the rule can be modified.