Application filtering

06 Jan

Posted by admin as gdrw.com

  • 1. How can I setup Outpost working only for application filtering and have another tool for packet filtering?

    2. Is it wise to install Outpost firewall on Windows 2003 DHCP server?

    Thanks in advance.


  • Thanks a lot for your answers.

    I think Paranoid2000's answers satisfied my needs and I will give Outpost a try, cause I don't bother for more configuring, if it works.

    I am very pleased for its behaviour on my WindowsXP workstation. I 've installed it for about 2 months and I like it a lot.

    Is there a way for some kind Remote Administration of Outpost or it remains just a suggestion?


  • Coming back...

    Does Outpost Firewall has the same behaviour as previous versions, when been installed on Windows 2003 servers?
    I have not seen any problems on DHCP server but what about web servers with high traffic?

    Thanks in advance.


  • The best thing to combine any software firewall with, is a hardware (NAT) router, they sometimes refer to that as a "firewall", but it's only a blind filter of any packets that it does not know where to forward.

    Typically though, a router is VERY strong against incoming junk, and you would not see any attacks penetrate to the software firewall, which then serves as a more administrative tool then a protective one.


  • I use it on Windows 2003 Server and I see no difference in behaviour.


  • Welcome to the forums Joter,

    1. It is not possible to disable the packet filtering function of Outpost and it would almost surely conflict with any other network-level filtering program you chose to run (resulting in slowdowns, disconnections or blue-screen crashes). If you wish to have separate programs then you should consider another product.

    2. Outpost is designed for end-users rather than servers. It can be run on servers but expect to do some extra configuration to create the necessary rules. A DHCP server should not involve much - but other servers (gaming, web, ftp, etc) should only be tackled once you are familar with configuring Outpost.







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