Allowing certain apps to access the internet from an offline computer.
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Hello everyone. Longtime no see. Judging from the title of this post...is it possible, is it simple and do it has anything to do with port forwarding? Can anyone help me with this delima?
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So let me see if I got this right...you want to allow certain apps to access the internet and everything else disabled?
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If I got that right, you need to know exactly what IPs or addresses these apps use, also if the apps use a range or certain static addresses, if and when the addresses change, and then you lock down everything BUT those addresses. This is by no means an easy thing...may I ask what you're trying to accomplish with this?
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Very simple to do with many software firewalls and network 7 layer firewalls. No need to know the IPs they are contacting
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Thank you for all of your replies. What I'm basically trying to do is allow my musical studio apps to be able to update while locking everything else out. I know that I can possibly go via firewall and disable all except those that I want to access the internet, but that's a lot of apps. lol! I just figure, among the brains that be here, I could find a better, efficient and possibly an easier route.
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@MrWright4hire said:
Thank you for all of your replies. What I'm basically trying to do is allow my musical studio apps to be able to update while locking everything else out. I know that I can possibly go via firewall and disable all except those that I want to access the internet, but that's a lot of apps. lol! I just figure, among the brains that be here, I could find a better, efficient and possibly an easier route.
Jason is right about the easiest way being software firewalls. Hell, even a lot of AVs have this functionality. You basically do a deny all with a whitelist and whitelist any software you want. May I ask why you want the computer offline overall though?
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If you need to allow a browser to access anything, that's when life becomes much more challenging.
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You can just whitelist in a firewall and/or proxy and you'll be all set. Proxy likely makes sense as you could probably cache the updates to save on bandwidth.
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@scottalanmiller
The proxy do seem cool, but, to my understanding, you can only set up one proxy at a time with in a browswer. Right? I have Pro Tools, Presonus (Studio One) and Fruity Loops. -
@MrWright4hire said:
@scottalanmiller
The proxy do seem cool, but, to my understanding, you can only set up one proxy at a time with in a browswer. Right? I have Pro Tools, Presonus (Studio One) and Fruity Loops.How many proxies would you need to set up? What would be a purpose for more than one?
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@MrWright4hire said:
@scottalanmiller
The proxy do seem cool, but, to my understanding, you can only set up one proxy at a time with in a browswer. Right? I have Pro Tools, Presonus (Studio One) and Fruity Loops.Personally I'd say just disconnect it from the internet and download the updates in some other maner to put on the computers. Generally much easier and more protected. This is how professional studios do it.
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That can work too.
