Hi. I thought the following would be very simple but these days we know nothing is simple.
What I'm trying to do is block all incoming/outgoing traffic from my machine using Windows Firewall with Advanced settings, but allow only specific sites over http/https.
On the Windows firewall rules, there is no setting for URL, so I put in the IP for Yahoo for example, but I couldn't access Yahoo after I activated the rule. Plus, using IP's wont help when Yahoo can change its IP anytime. It's the URL is what I want, so I can do wild-card URL rules like www.yahoo.com/finance/*.
I tried tools like Kaspersky, but that only works for website traffic, nothing is stopping exotic things like newsgroup traffic from a news reader app for example.
Could someone please tell me how to block everything except specific URLs. Looking forward to your response, I'm stuck here.
Thanks guys. Actually, Understanding Windows Firewall settings doesn't talk about using URL's instead of ports, and Firewalls FAQ applies to more than just Windows, so I cant use any of the Unix/Cisco/etc commands since the only thing I have is Windows Firewall.
The blocking everything part is fine. The problem is I cant find a way to use host names instead of IP's in the rules.
Hi,
The following link covers url's instead of ports, but don't know if it could be usedin your particular situation, as it talks about OPAC's.
However, maybe we are on the right track.......Mmmm!
A further libraryesque link, however it does explain the process of conversion.......
A further attempt to at finding that missing link.
Any member that can contribute, please do so.
