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How would I get started writing my own firewall?

There is previous little on the google on this subject other than people asking this very same question.

How would I get started writing my own firewall?

I'm looking to write one for the windows platform but I would also be interested in this information for other operating systems too. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

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HoboBen Avatar asked Aug 20 '08 17:08

HoboBen


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For Windows 2000/XP there is an article with examples on CodeProject Developing Firewalls for Windows 2000/XP

For Vista I think you will need to use Windows Filtering Platform

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Michał Piaskowski Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 17:10

Michał Piaskowski