Questions tagged [firewall]
A firewall is a software program or piece of hardware that helps screen out hackers, viruses, and worms that try to reach your computer over the Internet. Usage of this tag may be aligned to users concerned with suspected malware creeping into their devices, setting a filter to allow certain applications to access internet and general monitoring of incoming/outgoing network connections
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Does Android OS have intrusion detection systems?
The goal is just to block connection access except to specific programs to just allow programs whose connections have known use plus to list current sockets in use (to troubleshoot) plus to warn if ...
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How to limit the network access of an app to my VPN?
I have a VPN to a service, and an app to deal with it. I want this app to ...really not working et all, if the VPN is not turned on. My best idea is to limit its network access to the VPN interface. ...
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Unable to connect via adb on a firewalled Android device
Connecting from Linux, using an older adb (downloaded at tried 1.0.41 just to troubleshoot this - no difference, except that the messages now do include "Connection refused"), and the ...
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Unsual Firewall Traffic from Phone and Messaging Storage Group
I'm using Rethink DNS to monitor traffic. I'm curious as to why the 'Phone and Messaging Storage' group would be reaching out to google domains in addition to app.hubspot.com. Attached are the ...
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What should be whitelisted in a firewall to allow push-notifications?
I'm using a firewall (NoRoot) on (Samsung) Android (10) to try to harden it, but now, push-notifications aren't coming through. I'm trying to figure out which apps/services are responsible for that ...
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ADB/PM command to disable data and wifi access for Apps
Is there a way via adb shell to disable an apps access to WiFi and Data? I'd like to turn off internet for all apps and then selectively turn it on for required apps. I know the manual way by going to ...
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BenQ RP7502 won't update Apps
We are using BenQ Interactive Flat Panels (IFPs) at school, and we are having issues with updating the apps. The firewall rules we have set up should bypass all authentication, but when it comes to ...
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How to prevent network connectivity after a phone restart before the NetGuard firewall starts blocking apps' traffic?
There seems to be a major vulnerability in Android: even when using firewalls these aren't active immediately after a restart. The seconds before the firewall (NetGuard) starts can be used by apps ...
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