Re: software firewall that allows inter-process traffic control?

Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <usenet-2005@planetcobalt.net> wrote:
> Alex Hunsley wrote:
>> I'm looking for a software firewall that allows inter-process traffic
>> control. For example, to give me the opportunity to forbid a certain
>> program to access an HTTP proxy running on my own computer.
>
> That's not possible.

No, it doesn't seem too useful, but it is possible, at least on many
computer systems. On Linux, Netfilter works on the loopback interface as
well as on any other; and some of the more esoteric modules will allow
you to do just this.

That being said, configuring the proxy well is likely to be far more
beneficial. Plus I wouldn't know how to what you describe... on Windows.
;-)

                Joachim
Received on Sat Dec 3 04:18:56 2005