And black lists are uncomplete lists not to mention changes in dns and not to mention possible hardcoded unknown addresses. And white listing game or two and yt and netflix etc is a lot of work, probably with temporal success...
Windows just is not open source... Without NDA. And even with it - is it possible to compile your own Windows binaries and install it ?
2 no lists. You set it to DENY ALL and then punch holes just for your own programs. One caveat is disabling DNS Cache service so that you can granularly control which apps can have dns access.
whyoh•4mo ago
kirenida•4mo ago
https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/09/26/no-youll-still-need...
whyoh•4mo ago
So it's not such a good deal after all and it also means that a lot of regular people won't get those updates (because they either don't know how or can't be bothered to make an account).