If I've not misunderstood your post, I already have such a DNS rule; it was created by WFC. The attachments show my existing rules.
Tried this and both WU and time sync worked. On making change 1., both WU and time sync stop working. The interesting this is that changing...
I have this rule set (along with all other Windows Firewall Control recommended rules) but am unable to run Windows Update or set the time through...
Figured this! The "System" referred to is "NT Kernel and System (ntoskrnl)".
If I've not misunderstood, you had SW 3.1.2 working on a standard user account without being UAC prompted on logging in. Is that correct? If...
The WFC recommended rule "WFC - Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv4-Out)" is applied to the program "System" (as are a handful of other...
Thanks to everyone who's contributed here. I'm going to try to follow through on this and will report anything of interest.
Thanks for the lead. Will look into this ASAP and provide an update. I can't imagine I'm the only person having this issue. Or does everyone here...
Yes, but I'll check this. (I say yes because there have been times when I've browsed the net using IE following a reboot.) I'm don't know too...
Thanks for clarifying this.
@reasonablePrivacy Appreciate the detailed replies. Still not managed to wrap my head around all this though. This sounds reasonable... but...
If the firewall is configured to allow svchost (applied to dnscache) out for UDP to remote port 53 on remote IP 9.9.9.9, should not all name...
That's interesting. I didn't know Chrome could do that.
Any reference? What would happen in the case of IE? I thought it might be 9.9.9.9 in all cases.
The timer is my primary reason for using SimpleWall; IMO, it's the killer feature. I agree about it having great potential.
I'm unable to find an answer to this anywhere. Where does name resolution occur when: The browser is Firefox with its network settings...
Thanks for the response. Yes, it is. I have the same issue on my own PC: Because my account is a standard user account, I'm prompted for the...
I've installed it on my children's PC. Their user accounts don't have administrative privileges. The problem is that on logging in they're...
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