hardentools
Hardentools simply reduces the attack surface on Microsoft Windows computers by disabling low-hanging fruit risky features. (by hardentools)
simplewall
Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer. (by henrypp)
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| hardentools | simplewall | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 166 | |
| 2,805 | 2,120 | |
| 1.8% | - | |
| 4.5 | 9.3 | |
| 29 days ago | almost 3 years ago | |
| Go | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
hardentools
Posts with mentions or reviews of hardentools.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-23.
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What is the most painfree way to scan a pc for viruses?
after you're done, you need some apps that protect your device. first get harden tools https://github.com/securitywithoutborders/hardentools
- Best Windows Debloater?
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What should I do when Windows can't remove the virus?
Link: https://github.com/securitywithoutborders/hardentools
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Is there a better way to do backups like this?
As long as your windows machine is locked down enough, Ex:simplewall/Safing Portmaster, MullvadVPN, https://github.com/securitywithoutborders/hardentools. You should be fine, as that's a pretty good process.
- Delete Quarantined Files or not + Prevent Backdoor
- GitHub - securitywithoutborders/hardentools: Hardentools simply reduces the attack surface on Microsoft Windows computers by disabling low-hanging fruit risky features.
- Should you be able to tell who all the third parties are who have tracking beacons or cookies on a particular webpage by looking at the source code or something?
- Hardentools simply reduces the attack surface on Microsoft Windows computers by disabling low-hanging fruit risky features
- Hardentools 2.1 Released (September 4, 2021)
simplewall
Posts with mentions or reviews of simplewall.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.
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PECKER BURST - PING - SERVER issues fix!
EU server list: https://pastebin.com/raw/Sh1VXdTZ - compatibile with simplewall - just update game install path for records (find & replace all)
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Windows users report appearance of unwanted HP app
You could install WPD (https://wpd.app/), use Simplewall (https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall) and a pihole on the network to block a lot, but it's still sad that we need to do this.
Apple alternatives include LuLu (https://github.com/objective-see/LuLu)
- How to remove telemetry completely with one open source simple firewall
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Something went wrong with pin
Edit: Now that I am back on a PC I did find this https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall/issues/1307 Basically same issue I had and how to address it. Figured I post for future readers lol.
- Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser using mDNS
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Asian rage cheaters on Europe servers.
Using third party software. Yes. (it is just gui for windows firewall)
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OpenSnitch in Debian ready for prime time
I use OpenSnitch on Linux which is great, and if you are looking for a similar software for Windows I can recommend simplewall.
https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
- New iCUE v5.1 update
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Any free alternatives to Glasswire? (personal firewall with per-app blocking and bandwidth monitor). •
I'm currently using https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
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Configuration to allow mobile hotspot on windows 10?
I have been using simplewall for a long time. I love it. But I can not use mobile hotspot for local wireless lan.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing hardentools and simplewall you can also consider the following projects:
HardeningKitty - HardeningKitty - Checks and hardens your Windows configuration
portmaster - 🏔 Love Freedom - ❌ Block Mass Surveillance
gohack - Experimental Go language CSGO exploit.
firewall
Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows
WindowsSpyBlocker - Block spying and tracking on Windows
apparmor.d - Full set of AppArmor profiles (~ 1500 profiles)
CCStopper - [Archived] Stops Adobe's pesky background apps and more 😉
chezmoi - Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.
portmaster-packaging - Portmaster packages and installers
Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows.
SecureUxTheme - 🎨 A secure boot compatible in-memory UxTheme patcher
hardentools vs HardeningKitty
simplewall vs portmaster
hardentools vs gohack
simplewall vs firewall
hardentools vs Chocolatey
simplewall vs WindowsSpyBlocker
hardentools vs apparmor.d
simplewall vs CCStopper
hardentools vs chezmoi
simplewall vs portmaster-packaging
hardentools vs Scoop
simplewall vs SecureUxTheme