TinyWall is a free software to harden and control the advanced firewall built into Windows
systems. The program uses the filtering mechanics of Window’s native
firewall and not its own drivers or kernel components like other
software firewalls might.
Like default firewall settings TinyWall by default is set to be restrictive, which the program lets you know about on the last page of the installation. While some programs that rely on the Internet may still work out of the box, others, like Firefox Aurora, were blocked from accessing it. If we prefer to work with the keyboard, we can use the keyboard shortcuts instead to speed up things further. We can alternatively click on Manage in the context menu, and there on Application Exceptions, to manage the exceptions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcpeO2nBpEw&feature=player_embedded
The firewall supports five different modes that you can switch between easily from the context menu. Besides the normal protection mode you can switch to a mode that is blocking every connection, a mode that is allowing outgoing connections, one were the firewall is disabled, and an auto-learning mode. Especially the option to cut off the Internet traffic can be quite useful, and users who are not that experienced when it comes to firewalls may prefer to run it in auto-learn mode.
Like default firewall settings TinyWall by default is set to be restrictive, which the program lets you know about on the last page of the installation. While some programs that rely on the Internet may still work out of the box, others, like Firefox Aurora, were blocked from accessing it. If we prefer to work with the keyboard, we can use the keyboard shortcuts instead to speed up things further. We can alternatively click on Manage in the context menu, and there on Application Exceptions, to manage the exceptions.
Features of TinyWall
- Non-intrusive operation
- Safe operation
- Convenient
- Lightweight
- More than just a controller
- Automatic learning mode
- Firewall tampering protection
- Optional password lockdown of settings
- Normal protection, Allow outgoing, Block all, Allow all and Learning modes
- Support for temporary/timed firewall rules
- Port and domain blocklists
- Hosts file protection
- Option to always allow communication within LAN
- Option to restrict an application to the LAN
- Full IPv6 support
- List current connections
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcpeO2nBpEw&feature=player_embedded
The firewall supports five different modes that you can switch between easily from the context menu. Besides the normal protection mode you can switch to a mode that is blocking every connection, a mode that is allowing outgoing connections, one were the firewall is disabled, and an auto-learning mode. Especially the option to cut off the Internet traffic can be quite useful, and users who are not that experienced when it comes to firewalls may prefer to run it in auto-learn mode.
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