how to configure tiny personal firewall?

[touser3]

hi all i am sure this has been posted somewhere and i dont want to bother you too much but can anyone tell me how to configure tiny firewall? i have been using it for about a week now and visited a few securiy sites and the results havent been great..alot of things with my browser giving away too much information and they recommended getting a firewall..any help or comments are greatly appreciated

[Epiphany]

Hiya, here's some links on how to set up Tiny. The last one's the FAQ. Some of the links refer to fairly early versions of Tiny which had less features but the basic concepts are still useful.

http://members.home.net/zyklon/tpf.html
http://www.legolas.ca:8080/sec2.html
http://www.tinysoftware.com/manual/tinypf/toc.htm
http://pub50.bravenet.com/faq/show.php? ... 4256561545

If you're worried about your browser showing info, I use a program called Proxomitron which is just excellent; provides privacy, blocks pop-ups, banners, nasty scripts and all kinds of stuff. It's a proxy thingy that runs with your browser. If you want to investigate that:

http://spywaresucks.org/prox/

[touser3]

thank you SO MUCH! Epiphany i got proximitron and it is great but my browser is still giving out my operating system , but other than that thanks so much again i got tiny all setup just the way i like it now

[Epiphany]

Let's see... I think browser and OS versions being reported is a javascript thing. I'm just looking at the Proxomitron filters here to see if you might solve that by enabling more filters. Maybe "kill nosey javascripts" and some others - I know you can hide OS, I just have to remember how... I'll get back to you if I sort it out.

If you ever need more help with Tiny, there's a very good discussion group at yahoogroups.com called tinyfirewall where you can post questions. They also have the latest versions of Tiny there long before they get posted on the offical website. Glad I could help

[touser3]

oh one last question..can anyone help me configure tiny to work with tribes2 or any game like it for that matter..tfc,counter strike, unreal tournament..right now the way that tiny is set-up using those guides none of those programs above can ping the servers when the firewall is up so i cant play them when the firewall is up can anyone help me with this pls?

[Kirby Smith]

Can't ping the servers? Did you block ICMP in a rule? If so, you may want to be more selective about which ICMP modes are blocked.

You can temporarily disable a rule by unchecking it. Then run your program and see what Tiny asks permission for. You have to be in Medium security mode for it to do so, I believe.

kirby