There are allot of people here who understand the world in my particular way, so I thought I'd throw this out and see if anyone has done this sort of thing before and can save me from wheel reinvention. I have a
#Windows machine running
#Windows10 which I want to connect to the internet as follows. It has to be
#portable. It has to have access only to a very specific and limited number of IP addresses and DNS names which I will identify in advance and which I will edit by hand. It has to block access to everything else including Microsoft's machines, Google's machines, Basically, if it's not on my list, the machine will not connect to it. Whether the machine wants to connect to an IP address, a DNS name, or a device on the local network, I want connections to be promptly blocked. By promptly, I mean that I want the machine not to time out trying to connect to the stuff not on my list, I want the machine to be told no as soon as it tries. I want this because the machine shouldn't be waiting to timeout, it should just be doing what I told it without wasting cycles and time trying to talk to devices I don't want it talking to. The obvious solution is some sort of
#whitelisting #firewall or
#security system, but I have three problems there. First, I'm
#blind and need
#a11y with
#Jaws and
#NVDA. Secondly, as I said, it has to be portable, so I can't carry around a second box with a firewall. Thirdly, the machine has both ireless and ethernet access. I want both ports to have access only to the IPs/names I specify. Whether the machine is connected over ethernet or 802.11, I want those rules to be in effect. I have considered MS' firewall, but am nervous that it will let the machine talk to MS, which I don't want it to. Is any of this even possible? Boosts would be appreciated.
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