What are the best firewalls for Windows

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  • simplewall

    Discontinued Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.

  • Simplewall is your best bet. It replaces the Windows firewall and lets you know exactly when programs make network requests.

  • firewall

  • Ocitygate seems to match : https://github.com/ocitygate/firewall

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  • portmaster-packaging

    Portmaster packages and installers

  • Publishing to AUR is planned - here is the Github issue: https://github.com/safing/portmaster-packaging/issues/30

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