Sphinx firewall new version 8 released

Discussion in 'other firewalls' started by act8192, Dec 4, 2016.

  1. act8192

    act8192 Registered Member

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    aka "Windows 10 Firewall Contol"

    Quite informative review by Noel Carboni who uses the top of the line version
    https://www.askwoody.com/2016/sphinx-windows-firewall-control/
    Differences between free and paid versions - don't know if this description is up to date
    http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/
    The name continues to be stuck on Vista, but it's designed for Windows 10/8/7/2008/2012.
     
  2. Solarlynx

    Solarlynx Registered Member

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    Thanx!

    Just found out that there's no update notification in W10FC.
     
  3. Rasheed187

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    For me it's too complex, it has too many options.
     
  4. chrcol

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    when I used in past some years back I found it over complicated.

    Sadly a lot of security apps are way over engineered. This leads to bugs and performance issues as well as operator error.
     
  5. mantra

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    hi
    may i ask a question about it but no the free version?
    when i run an application like firefox , can i create a specific rule like Windows Firewall Control or eset smart security firewall?
    can't find any screenshot or video about it

    the screenshots in the homepage doesn't show if i can tweak when i start an application like ip range , ports , inbound or outgoing and so on
    i found only a video on youtube that doesn't help
    thanks
     
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  6. act8192

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    Plus version, typical rule editing dialog and typical popup of testing that a link in excel will be denied because "explorer zone" has rules only for LAN things and no internet allowed.
    EditRule.png

    Excel-BlockWeb-Works.png
     
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    Are these life time licenses?
     
  8. Solarlynx

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  9. Brummelchen

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    i dont like the new UI with the sideline categories. nevertheless v8 is mandatory since dec'16 because v7 is crashing every hour (since startup). this happens on four different systems (w7/w8/w10pro+ltsb)

    they added a domain filter (vs ads and telemetrie) and some new zones - "telemetrie" is also available for zones.

    not sure if i persue another lic extension - too many other options possible. but they made it faster react now.
     
  10. act8192

    act8192 Registered Member

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    Strange. It used to work for you. Did you work with v8 yet?
     
  11. Brummelchen

    Brummelchen Registered Member

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    since yesterday i am on v8 now - no crash. the strange for me is that it happen on all systems, not on only one here. i found the culprit in code but it made no sense either. and i happend since late december, not earlier. i think they messed it up with a windows update. now running windows 10 - i made an image and next step is to go back to an earlier image to verify but at least i will upgrade my ltsb to the next level (RS1 = build 14393)
     
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