Features

Benefits

Security and Privacy

Components Control (Anti-Leak)

This feature monitors each component of each run making it impossible for a rogue virus to be injected into a trusted application.

Stateful Inspection

This firewall technology keeps track of active TCP and UDP sessions and is more secure than packet filtering because it opens a narrower path for traffic.

Boot Up Protection

During WindowsÆ start-up, Outpost Firewall 2.0 begins protecting your system before any malicious program has a chance to be loaded. Outpost Firewall 2.0 protects your system from first start up to final shut down.

Password protection

This protects your settings so they cannot be changed without your permission.

Flash banner blocking

Improved advertisement blocking removes 150% more ads (including Flash banners) than the previous version.

Control and Performance

Advanced logging system

The database driven logging system gives you full access to the history of your connections with capabilities never before seen in any personal firewall log. You can view, filter, copy and export logs for future analyses.

Multiple configurations

• Create different configurations for you and your family members or colleagues.

• Prevent your children from chatting  online or accessing unwanted sites (sex, games, bomb making).

• Switch configurations between "Work", "Rest", "I am away", "Block Everything", and "Children" using one mouse click.

• Easily back up your configurations.

Apply rules without need of interface

• Can block unwanted traffic or content in a way that's completely hidden from users.

• Can run as a service without need of interface, thus saving computer resources.

Advanced rule creation features

• Specify time intervals so applications can be allowed or blocked depending on the time of day and/or day of week.

• Specify system and application independent rules

• ôRunning application if rule is triggeredö allows the launching of any application or the playing of any sound or even a shutdown of the computer! For example, if your children decide to play an online game, then a warning text from the parent can be shown and the online game is blocked.

• ôReporting of important activitiesö shows a message box whenever a particular rule is triggered. For example, a warning message appears whenever someone connects to your PC or when spyware tries to send your personal information over the Internet.

Low resource usage

• 70% less CPU load thanks to a new connection display routine.

• 40% less memory requirements due to its new logging system.

• Now Outpost Firewall can handle up to 1Gb/s of continual traffic and guard more than 200 simultaneous connections.

Trusted IP group

Can allow all network activity for trusted home or work place computers.

Ease of use and Compatibility

Auto-configuration

Can auto-configure your Applications, System and Local Network settings during the installation process.

ICS Support

Work on home or office networks that are based on the Microsoft Connection Sharing solution. ICS is supported for both clients and gateways.

Remote Desktop and Fast User Switching Support

Supports these popular Windows XP features.