The Best Free Windows Firewall | Portmaster Guide

Portmaster is a free open source firewall for Windows and of all the firewalls I've tested for Windows, it is the cream of the crop. This guide will show you how to set it up and use it.

Timestamps:

00:00 Network Activity Screen
02:02 Apps Settings
02:43 Safing Privacy Network (SPN)
04:20 Encrypted DNS
05:28 Website Loading Issues (⚠️IMPORTANT⚠️)
06:38 DNS Options
10:00 Filter Lists
10:43 Website Loading Issues (Continued - Filter List Blocks)
11:24 Portmaster vs. other firewalls
12:35 Outro


Article about DNS filter testing (updated as of September 2024):

https://techblog.nexxwave.eu/public-d...


Portmaster Firewall:

https://safing.io/
https://github.com/safing/portmaster


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