Knowledge base
How the firewall works, in plain language.
What NetSecWall watches, what happens when you block something, and how to tell a rule you made from a network fault you didn't. Written for the person using it, not for someone who already knows what WFP is.
Start here
How NetSecWall worksWhat the app actually watches, how it sees per-app traffic, and the two engines it can block with.6 min read →Live monitoringReading the connection tree, expanding a process into its connections, and the IP / domain / country / category views.7 min read →Your first weekA day-by-day way to go from “everything is noise” to a rule set that reflects your actual machine.6 min read →History, search, and reportsInvestigating something that already happened: time ranges, per-app history, the DNS log, and what the reports contain.6 min read →
Protecting the machine
Blocking: rules and what they actually doOne-click blocks, country and category rules, the two engines, and exactly what a blocked app experiences.8 min read →Threat intelligence & detectionWhere the feeds come from, what behavioral detection looks for, and how to read an incident without guessing.7 min read →Parental controlsContent categories, bedtime curfew, daily time budget, per-app blocks — and the honesty rules that go with them.5 min read →Reading a connectionPorts, protocols, socket states, CDNs, and country tags — how to tell ordinary traffic from something worth acting on.8 min read →Profiles, modes, and the panic switchMonitor-only, Balanced, Strict, and Kiosk, plus block-everything — what each changes and when to reach for it.5 min read →
Living with it
Your data and your privacyWhat stays on the PC, what the license check sends, what telemetry is, and how to export or erase everything.5 min read →Performance and side effectsWhat running a firewall costs you, what it can break, and how to tell NetSecWall apart from a real network fault.6 min read →TroubleshootingNothing is listed, an app broke after blocking, rules vanished, the service won't start, license problems.8 min read →
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