Windows Firewall Software to Filter Transit Traffic
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I need to test my networking code for Nintendo Wii under the conditions when some specific Internet server is not available.
Wii is connected to my PC with crossover ethernet cable. PC has 2 NICs. PC is connected to hardware router with ethernet cable. The hardware router serves as NAT and has an internet connected to its uplink.
I set the Wii to be in the same lan as PC by using Windows XP Network bridge. I can observe the WII network traffic using e.g. Wireshark sniffer.
Is there a software firewall that can selectively filter out transit traffic? (e.g. block outgoing TCP connections to 123.45.67.89 to port 443)
I tried Outpost Pro 2009 and Comodo.
Outpost firewall blocks all transit traffic with it's implicit "block transit packet" rule. If the transit traffic is explicitly allowed by creating the system-wide low level rule, then it's allowed completely and no other filter can selectively block it.
Comodo firewall only process rules when the packet has localhost's IP as either source or destination, allowing the rest of the traffic.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
P.S. Platform is Windows XP 32 bit, no other OSes is allowed, Windows ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) doesnt work since the Wii is unable to connect, becides I don't like the idea of adding one more level of NAT.
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