Outpost Firewall Plug-ins

Agnitum Outpost is the first personal firewall that supports plug-ins. Developers can implement this revolutionary technology to easily expand Outpost's capabilities. If you are interested in joining Outpost's Open Development team, feel free to visit Developing Outpost Plug-ins web page.

The distribution package of Outpost Personal Firewall has six plug-ins developed by Agnitum and several others from third party developers. Here are the available plug-ins:

Outpost Standard Plug-ins:

The following plug-ins are included in the distribution package.

 Advertisement Blocking :

Pre-configured to block most banner advertisement. Can be configured manually or by simply dragging and dropping unwanted banners into the Ad Trashcan.

 Intrusion Detection :

Detects and blocks all known Internet attacks, including: TEARDROP, NESTEA, ICEPING, MOYARI13, WINNUKE, NUKE, OPENTEAR, FRAG_ICMP (Jol12, Targa13 etc), FRAG_IGMP (IGMPSYN etc), SHORT_FRAGMENTS, MY_ADDRESS (Snork etc), RST, 1234, IGMPSYN, FAWX, FAWX2, KOX, TIDCMP, rfposion, rfparalyse, win95handles, etc. Detects every kind of port scanning, including: SYN, FIN, XMS, NULL, UDP. Detects and blocks complex DOS attacks. Can be set to block an Intruder's IP and subnet.

 Content Filtering :

Blocks entire domains such as sex.com, or any web page containing specific words like "bomb", "home-made explosive", "sex", etc. Once set, it is impossible to overcome without the password, making it ideal for parental or employee controls.

 Domain Name Cache :

Caches all resolved DNS names in a special database to significantly decrease connection times (WWW, e-mail, news, ICQ, etc.)

 Active Content Filtering :

Blocks cookies, Java applets, JavaScript, VBScript, referrers in web, e-mail and news. Each web site can be configured to allow or block particular types of active content.

 Incoming File Guard :

Blocks Trojans, worms, VB viruses (like Melissa) in e-mail attachments. External anti-virus software for attachment checking is supported.

Third Party Developers’ Plug-ins:

 PC Flank WhoEasy :

Finds information about any computer in the world based on its IP address or name. For further information click here.

 Blockpost :

Creates an UnTrusted Zone of IPs you want to be completely blocked. For further information click here.

 Super Stealth :

Provides complete security in your Ethernet segment. For further information click here.

 HTTPLog :

A useful plug-in that logs HTTP requests. For further information click here.

 Traffic Led :

Creates a tray icon to display the traffic upload (left) and download (right) speed. For further information click here.

Third Party Developers’ Extra Utilities:

 LogAnalytics (Outpost Edition) :

LogAnalytics (Log Patterns Analyzer) automatically accumulates the necessary data from Outpost's log database, realizes statistical treatment and presents results in a set of rotatable 3D graphs through a WEB-based interface. For further information click here.

 Outpost Rule Distribution Tool :

Peter Dassow's Outpost Firewall Rule Distribution Tool web site dedicated to utility that automatically delivers newer Outpost configuration from server to clients allowing Remote Administration of Outpost Firewall. For further information click here.