TinyWall is a free, feature-rich, and lightweight firewall for Windows

by CHEF-KOCH • 1 year ago

41 14 1 year ago

Necessary tools:

    Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 or 2022
    Wix v3.14 Toolset
    Visual Studio extension for Wix v3 Toolset

To build the application... (You get the idea.)

p_ing2• 1 year ago

I don’t see what the issue is with the dev tools used. VS is nice as it has always been. Wix is very convenient and makes building msi ez. But I wonder why the dev thought a 3rd party Windows fw was necessary.

atmanactive3• 1 year ago

But I wonder why the dev thought a 3rd party Windows fw was necessary

Because windows' built-in firewall is of static nature, and as such, useless in the personal firewall role.

efilife2• 1 year ago

For those looking for something similar, try SimpleWall: https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall

It's deny by default, you get a popup when something wants to make a connection, then you can allow. Pre-built binaries available. It's my go-to since many years

knowitnone• 1 year ago

simplewall is archived and unmaintained

efilife2• 1 year ago

It gets updates almost daily

Onawa• 1 year ago

Not the repo that was linked, says they pushed a new version a week ago.

7bit• 1 year ago

Why should I choose to introduce software with potential security flaws, when I can simply use the built-in firewall?

TinyWall is a free, feature-rich, and lightweight firewall for Windows

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