Hello :smiley: I am wondering if anyone here has read through the source code of SimpleWall and can confirm / shed some light on the security of it: https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall The only reason I ask is because the developer seems to be posting some insane / incoherent replies in his gith…

[image] PrivateDuck: For example this comment posted was hidden by the author: “this git is likely compromised and taken over by russian bots or hackers. Beware whoever downloads and installs.” No proof was provided. Yes, they way the developer communicates is weird as you have already saw i…

Yes I know there’s not proof hence why I asked if anyone has actually gone through the source code themselves and verified its security… There’s also dozens of other comments from other people on the github that say similar things, I just chose that one because it was the latest.

Hi @PrivateDuck , you may wish to look at the open-source Fort Firewall project. Link: GitHub - tnodir/fort: Fort Firewall for Windows I have found it to be very usable. The project (and its author) seem more mature (and professional) than the program you asked about.

@mika Excellent point. Thank you. Well @PrivateDuck it’s up to you :slight_smile:

Windows Defender reportedly quarantines the installer. Multiple people have reported this. Perhaps this has to do with: The installer is not signed. My understanding is the CA’s for signing windows apps are not free, so it’s not surprising that a FOSS dev complaining about employment/pay doesn’t pa…

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FYI, Fort Firewall currently requires disabling the Core Isolation: Memory Integrity security feature in Windows to function. This made it a non-starter for me…

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