Product's Use Cases
Outpost Firewall Pro allows the user to specifically define how a PC application connects to the Internet. This is known as the "Rules Wizard" mode, or policy, and is the default behavior for the program. When in this mode, Outpost Firewall Pro displays a prompt each time a new process attempts network access or when a process requests a connection that is not covered by its pre-validated rules. The idea being that this then lets the user decide whether an application should be allowed a network connection to a specific address, port or protocol.
In practice, prompting users can make the product seem over complicated to less experienced users. Agnitum engineers includes pre-set rules for many popular applications. Users can optionally submit rules they have created through the Agnitum ImproveNet system for validation and sharing new rules by Agnitum engineers via product updates.
First versions for Outpost Firewall Pro (1.0...4.0) were also designed to allow users to create their own plugins and add other third-party plugins to meet specific needs and/or functionality.
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