Is there a (baller and free) software firewall for win10?

[GhostButt]

Or is all there is available is bloated commercial offerings and windows' built in security suite?

I was using openwrt on my router and it was pretty locked down, it since died and so I'm using a ghetto old incompatible-with-openwrt option.

I've never been, like, hackzored or whatever but it feels weird not having my ports nice and taught.

Searching the software recommendation thread landed me: OsArmor and pfsense. Any thoughts on these choices?

 

[LUNEKO]

Nigga how do you fear fucking ads hahaha like nigga just don't click the porn ads haha

 

[Echelon]

Whatever you're trying to do that makes you think you need a software host-based firewall for Windows is probably the wrong way to achieve whatever your goal is.

 

[GhostButt]

Nigga how do you fear fucking ads hahaha like nigga just don't click the porn ads haha

not ads, just general traffic, keeping unused ports closed up

Whatever you're trying to do that makes you think you need a software host-based firewall for Windows is probably the wrong way to achieve whatever your goal is.

Just browsing like usual, just thought it was weird to use the built in windows one

 

[Bonesjones]

Just build a pihole

 

[Echelon]

not ads, just general traffic, keeping unused ports closed up

Just browsing like usual, just thought it was weird to use the built in windows one

So there are three reasons you don't need any more than the built in Windows firewall (and why the only host-based software firewalls for Windows are shitty scamware like you mentioned)

1. Windows Firewall actually will block anything you don't need open or don't allow by default based on the network profile you choose. If you don't want any unnecessary ports on the computer open just set your network profile to public and Windows Firewall will take care of it.
2. Your home router most likely has a firewall that blocks EVERYTHING inbound by default, and on top of that probably uses NAT which also helps with this.
3. You're using Windows, so any threat that isn't able to be kept out by the above (i.e., the NSA) already has a backdoor into your PC

As you mentioned, you're not seeing anything good when you search for it. This is a case of not getting the answers you're looking for because you're asking the wrong question to begin with.