All the ways I know are based on blocking/redirecting entire DNS. Looks like there are no other tools that are able to block a site (including by-port/protocol options) for a selected application. blocking all evident telemerty related sites with a single (even predefined) rule.Īlso I would be happy to give a free license if you suggest a doable and publicly attractive feature to us. I just created a tool before, but now I see even more benefits of the program usage. Honestly I did not even image how strict, compact and nifty a security policy implementation could be before Noel disclosed his configuration to me. You may find it useful anyway and can test it in full. The by-name functionality is actually available in Plus and Network/Cloud Editions only. I just would like to answer the question. Please do not treat it as an advertisement. In practice this is not a difficult process to go through to be SURE that Windows Updates only go in when I want them to go in. I reconfigure the Sphinx firewall to disallow updates again. Usually a reboot is required, and Windows Update and Windows Firewall services will not be re-started after, since I already re-disabled them.Ħ. Any updates I’ve hidden with WUShowHide won’t be installed.ĥ. I start an actual Windows Update manually through the Settings App. It shows me what updates will be installed, but doesn’t actually install them. I run the WUShowHide tool (unchecking “repair automatically”). I reconfigure the svchost entry in the Sphinx firewall software to allow Windows Updates.ģ. I enable, start, and re disable the Windows Update and Windows Firewall services.Ģ. To initiate a Windows Update on my Win 10 system I go through this sequence:ġ. Have Disabled the Windows Firewall service using services.msc.ĭoing all of the above is somewhat redundant, but I like to be sure (think “nuke ’em from orbit” sure). Have “turned it off” for the Domain Profile, Private Profile, and Public Profile via the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security control panel snapin, andĬ. Removed all rules from the Windows Advanced Firewallī. In my case I’ve removed all Windows Advanced Firewall rules, have disabled it using the “Windows Firewall with Advanced Security snap-in, and have disabled the Windows Firewall service. As I mentioned above, if you disable the Windows Advanced Firewall and stop the Windows Firewall service, applications, the OS, and installers cannot add enabling rules. I have never seen any evidence that it has been sidestepped – even by Microsoft. That’s actually a VERY solid and efficient firewall engine provided as part of Windows, whose development goes way back. It’s actually a good thing that Sphinx uses the Windows Filtering Platform under the covers. Just think through how you would set up a rule to block *. for example.ģ. The by-name configuration management is where Sphinx really shines. If you want to get really picky about what you allow particular software to contact, in this day and age of server banks (multiple mutable addresses for the same host name) that’s completely impractical. The Windows Advanced Firewall operates by IP address. It puts events into the Security event log, which is clunky to deal with in an ongoing way.Ģ. The Windows Advanced Firewall UI doesn’t provide a good log from which you can see what has happened. If you’ve ever tried to set up a deny-outgoing-by-default configuration and manage it using the Windows Advanced Firewall interface, then you would know.ġ.
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