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canton7 / SyncTrayzor

Windows tray utility / filesystem watcher / launcher for Syncthing
MIT License
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Windows Firewall Outbound Issues #446

Open a-raccoon opened 6 years ago

a-raccoon commented 6 years ago

I use Windows Firewall in highly restricted mode, preventing both inbound AND outbound connections unless explicitly allowed.

I've spent the last couple hours trying to get SyncThing via SyncTrazor and the CefSharp thing added to Windows Firewall outbound rules so that it can perform automatic updates and do its syncy magics.

Please create the necessary Windows Firewall Inbound & Outbound rules for me via push button. Thanks!

canton7 commented 6 years ago

It's possible. Normally Windows will prompt you the first time that Syncthing starts. SyncTrayzor/CefSharp itself don't need any special ports.

a-raccoon commented 6 years ago

Windows Firewall does not prompt the user for outgoing restrictions. Only for incoming restrictions. Some people like to configure their Windows Firewall to restrict all outgoing traffic as well, but there is no clear indication as to which SyncTrayzor executables require internet access, since they wind up all over the place -- Install folder, AppData folder, Temp folder, and are constantly augmented.

canton7 commented 3 years ago

There are two copies of syncthing.exe: one in AppData (which is the one which is run), and one in the install folder (which is copied to AppData if necessary). There's no copy in any temp folder. I'm not sure what "constantly augmented" means: the version in AppData will auto-update, and that's the point.