Dear MSFT,
since Windows Vista there is this one little but important missing piece in the integrated firewall.
You will get only notifications from the firewall if an app was blocked from receiving inbound
network connections.
But you will not get any notifications if an app was blocked from initiating outbound
network connections.
WHY
IS
IT
SO
DIFFICULT
TO
OFFER
THE
SAME
PROMPT
FOR
OUTGOING
CONNECTIONS?
Seriously, I don't get it?! Do you have some special contracts with 3rd party firewall developer to keep this "feature gap" in your own firewall? I mean, this is a standard feature since over 10 years in other firewalls like zone alarm, norton bla and mcaffeewhatever.
You already have the code base for showing the dialog for blocked incoming connections, so why is it so hard to offer the same thing for blocked outgoing connections?
You know what happens right now? Many people want to know which apps try to call home so they install extensions like "Windows 8 Firewall Control" from strange companies like "sphinx-soft" where you actually don't know who has written this software and if you can trust them.
PLEASE MSFT, listen to your customers. PLEASE fix your firewall and allow us, to also receive the prompt for blocked outbound connection attempts!
Help is really appreciated!
- Edited by Qu4rkz Sunday, January 26, 2014 12:41 PM