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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: sleepyeyes2k2 on March 21, 2013, 01:52 am
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This is where I'm jealous of Mac users, because they can use a program called "Little Snitch" (I think) that allows them to set profiles and block outgoing internet traffic based on the profile settings. there's a few dozen such proggies that do that for Windows, and I've gone through a few that I hate, mostly because I can't set up obvious profiles (like "Allow All", "Tor/Proxied Only"). I must confess that the reason I want this is not purely because I am super-anal about security (well, maybe that's part of it). It's because I love music, and I want to play iTunes while doing whatever, but you can't put iTunes in an offline mode, so I can't use it while I'm running Tor, not safely. And, I want my tunes, man.
So, is anyone using such a program that you actually like? Please share, if so. I'd love to know!
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I may be wrong, but "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" may be what you are looking for, just go to the Win7 Start Menu and type in the search box 'firewall', it will come up in the results.
In this Management Console, you can set up a plethora of Inbound and Outbound firewall rules for whatever programs you want.
Hope this helps.
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"Windows Firewall with Advanced Security"
^ this
Also you should be able easily create a powershell script for different firewall profiles by yourself.
Just google "powershell"+"firewall"+"profiles"+"netshell" or similiar.
Otherwise it's ridiculous to bother about iTunes. A common Windows 7 installation itself got so many leakages...
If you want to walk the tinfoil way, buy a cheap old second hand notebook and use it for Tor related things only.
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If you want to walk the tinfoil way, buy a cheap old second hand notebook and use it for Tor related things only.
I don't consider myself part of the tinfoil hat community, I just don't want to get caught, is all. I do other illegal things online than just buy drugs, and I'm kind of looking for a 3rd-party solution because I know Windows will ignore its own traffic. I'm not sure that rundll32 is going to get me into trouble, but the iTunes push might, if I"m trying to appear as though I'm in France. Plus, it steals the precious bandwidth that you lose so much of, anyway when you proxify.
Little Snitch would be perfect. I'm just not running a Mac.
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You could check the Windows firewall with the in Win 7 integrated resource monitor (network tab) or better - wireshark!
http://www.wireshark.org/
(I would have more sorrows about the 9000 services, that are running by default)
Again: Old cheap notebook + tails = less worries/stress.
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Wireshark is great, but it's not a firewall, just packet capture. It's the thing that tells me I need a firewall. It's also the thing that tells me Windows 7 isn't giving me away to the world when I use Tor or when I proxy. Packet Capture is another great diagnostic tool. But, that's all they do. Diagnose.