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Skip to main content. Start your free trial. Firewall Fundamentals by. Book description The essential guide to understanding and using firewalls to protect personal computers and your network An easy-to-read introduction to the most commonly deployed network security device Understand the threats firewalls are designed to protect against Learn basic firewall architectures, practical deployment scenarios, and common management and troubleshooting tasks Includes configuration, deployment, and management checklists Increasing reliance on the Internet in both work and home environments has radically increased the vulnerability of computing systems to attack from a wide variety of threats.

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Free Firewall Identify threats. Windows Free Firewall What is Free Firewall? Free download Free Firewall Version : 2. Protection against threats. External threats Prevent attackers from gaining access to your computer by exploiting security vulnerabilities. Internal threats Protect yourself, your privacy and your personal data, by preventing the intruded malware from access to the Internet.

Free firewall with many features. Functions overview. Access notification If a non-regulated program wants to access the Internet, you will receive immediately a notification with which you can permit or block the Internet access.

Regulate internet traffic Individually regulate the access to the network and Internet per application. Protection against web tracking Prevent that tracking services on web sites analyze your surfing habits.

Prevent telemetry Prevent the transmission of telemetry data from software vendors to their servers. Permissions for programs Set the Internet access permissions for each program. Detect viruses Anti-virus software only protects against known threats. Block botnets Botnets consist of a lot of computers that are running a malware in the background and can be remotely exploited for attacks.

Background-services at a glance Many services are running in the background on your computer. Permissions for services Set the Internet access permissions for each service. Cooperative mode Unlike many other Firewalls, Free Firewall can be operated with any other firewall in parallel.

Rule concept Rules are assignments of permissions to a program. Structure of rules Rules consist of an address or domain, a port and a permission. Rules with domains Rules can also contain domain names instead of addresses. Example : www. Address ranges Rules can consist of address ranges or be defined with prefixes. Example : Zone concept Zones are groups and can be assigned to programs to grant common authorization for multiple programs. Zone rules Zones can contain a lot of rules.

Export and import Export program permissions, zones, rules, and settings from your program. Filter and sorting The programs, services and zones can be filtered and sorted by relevance or name. Complementary tools In addition to the basic features, FreeFirewall offers helpful tools to protect against telemetry and protect your privacy.

Protection against telemetry Telemetry collects information about user behavior when using software. Web accelerator Faster surfing on websites, faster loading and saving bandwidth. Prevent web tracking Web tracking tracks the surfing behavior of Internet users. Event notification Event notifications appear when processes want to access the Internet.

List of all events The events window lists all Internet access events in a list. Multilingual The user interface has been translated into your language, so you can get the full protection. Why use FreeFirewall? Three good reasons 1. Download Choose your platform. Donate now! Getting started Three steps to your secure firewall 1. What's next? Documentation Read the complete documentation for the software. Read documentation online. What data will be collected from this program? The program does not collect any data!

Neither personal nor anonymous data. Can I run this firewall in addition to others? Yes, you can also run this firewall in parallel with other firewall programs. Our firewall works independently and in parallel to other products. You do not have to disable the Windows Firewall or the Defender Firewall.