Wanted to try this firewall, can't get the service for the driver running. All updates installed as advised; (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityAdvisories/2015/3033929)
Fort Firewall v2.7.1 UI: Special icon for "System" app. UI: Add ability to "Open Folder" of selected app. UI: Tweak selected items highlighting. Windows 7: Fix driver SHA-1 signing.
Fort Firewall v2.7.2 UI: AddressesPage, ApplicationsPage: Add splitter and text control buttons. UI: Polish app info details showing. UI: Add "Copy Path" button for selected app.
When I move a line from right to left, two inactive lines appear on the right. What is it? Does this mean a permitted period of 20:00-24:00? Too coarse 1 hour, preferably 5-10 minutes. Each time you open a window, fortfirewall.exe tries to access the Internet, even if the marks on the left untick. So it should be? How to completely disable the check for updates? Maybe add to the dropdown menu "Never"? What is TAS-IX Addresses? Why internet for curl.exe?
Placeholder text as examples. Yes. OK, let me improve it. It tries to resolve addresses from the "Blocked" tab -> "Show host names". It used to download from http(s). Specifically to check updates. TAS-IX is a local national network in Uzbekistan. I use it to mark it's addresses as local network and to exclude them from filtering. It's an application group from "Applications" tab. So, you can easily enable/disable app groups from tray context menu.
@tnodir Thanks for the clear and precise answer! Now you can manually add an application to allowed or blocked only via copy-paste paths. Can I add a button to specify the path? The path will be added to the active field Block or Allow.
When using Fort, can the Windows Firewall be in any state, on or off? Rules and settings are in the file FortFirewall.conf? Under what conditions is a FortFirewall.conf.backup created?
You can use Fort with any other firewalls or standalone. But you've to allow the path on all firewalls. Yes, and in the FortFirewall.ini conf - for seldom and big changes. Backup file is creating always before conf.
Fort Firewall v2.8.0 UI: Add minutes to time periods. UI: ApplicationsPage: Add "Select File" button. UI: Improve placeholder texts.
Fort Firewall v2.9.0 UI: BlockedPage: Show protocol name & port. UI: StatisticsPage: Scroll to top on model changes. UI: Improve file selection dialog. DB: Fix active period handling.
Fort Firewall v3.0.0 UI: Add Programs Window. UI: Add ability to use wild matching (see .gitignore rules) and env vars (e.g. %HOME%) in the app groups. UI: OptionsPage: Show new version info. UI: Add --cache and --logs arguments. Migrate .conf JSON-file to .config DB-file. UI: Migrate to Widgets from QML. Update SQLite to v3.30.1 Attention: Next versions will be not compatible with v1.* & v2.* versions!
Fort Firewall v3.1.0 Driver: Fix conf changes locking. UI: ProgramsWindow: Add sorting. UI: OptionsPage: Fix new version visibility. UI: Remove compatibility code with v1.* & v2.* versions.