DroidWall - Android Firewall (iptables front-end) [v1.5.5] [Dec/01/11]

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janot2007

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Thx for the update. Found a problem. Previously I had enabled Google maps in my white list. So today I updated droidwall, then updated Google maps. I opened Google maps right after the update and it said I don't hv a network connection. I opened droidwall and saw Google maps were both unticked under wifi and 3g. I noticed my other newly updated Apps were also unticked. Is it intended (coz I read something abt new Apps in changelog)? But these are "old Apps"! Plz take a look at this. Thx!!

Just confirmed this... Thanks for the report! I will make a bug-fix release asap.

Bug is still alive =/
I've made whitelist (without Google Maps) -> enabled it -> disabled it -> now Google maps have no internet connection
Any ideas how to fix this, please?
 

galaxyst

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LG G2 email by exchange works only if I choose allow applications running as root. Why? Other apps, like viber etc. work without this permission
 

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you guys realize that most of the previous page date back from 2 years ago right?

Droidwall has been left on his own pretty much since then. So I suggest you guys move on to the very similar an more up to date "AFWall+" app from the store. Customs ip-tables rules work pretty much tge same and I've tried it on Lollipop and seemed fine to me.

Cheers.
 

iMessa

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I use Google contacts so when i save contact it saves to Google contacts. What i have to check in 3g for that? Thank You! :)
 

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    I don't have an unlimited data plan, so I was quite frustrated to see that my G1 was consuming lots of megabytes in the background (also draining battery too fast).

    To solve this problem, I wrote this iptables front-end to block undesired applications from accessing the network.

    DroidWall - Android Firewall is a front-end application for the powerful iptables Linux firewall. It allows you to restrict which applications are permitted to access your data networks.

    This is the perfect solution if you don't have an unlimited data plan, or just wants to see your battery lasting longer.

    IMPORTANT: Root access required

    Project home:
    http://code.google.com/p/droidwall/
    or
    http://droidwall.googlecode.com/

    Download from the Android Market:
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    After installing, press menu and click Help for an explanation on how to use it.


    UPDATE: Latest version: 1.5.5 - You can check the changelog here.

    I hope this will help other people.
    RZR
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    I have stock 2.2 rooted On HTC desire . Installed Droidwall ,enabled it .

    Now only under whitelist ,clicked internet and did apply rules .Nothing else checked or clicked .

    Now I go back and look the Blacklist ,the internet is clicked there also .why ? If I uncheck at whitelist ,it get unchecked at blacklist also .

    I am not following this !.:confused:
    Why does the application gets checked at both the places ,when I check at only one place (either black or white list ) .?

    thanks
    I believe you misunderstood the functionality... DroidWall does not keep two separated lists.
    You must select one of the two operation modes: either white-list or black-list

    If you select black-list, it will block the selected apps.
    If you select white-list, it will allow the selected apps and block everything else.
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    It's a great app and very useful but I have a problem with that!
    my VPNs don't work properly when the wall is active.
    they can connect to the server but when I'm using web browser or synching apps like gmail and other stuff they can't work and they say no connection is available...:(
    any idea friend?
    (the VPN networking is selected on white list for both wifi and 3g)
    btw tnx for this great app

    Same Problem:
    Droidwall 1.5 & Samba

    Dont' work.
    Must disable firewall to access the phone :-(

    Those connections are handled by the kernel, you must allow kernel connections...
    If that doesn't work, use DroidWall's log to check what is being blocked.
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    Hello all,

    I have my own Android Market account now :)
    Many, many thanks to Jesse C for publishing DroidWall while I didn't have my account (it wasn't allowed on my country at that time).

    I will now be able to update the market version more often than before. And I have many new features in mind for the next versions.

    Unfortunately, we cannot move an application ownership on Market, so I had to publish DroidWall under a different package name. You can find the new version under the name DroidWall - Android Firewall or just scan the QR code on your phone:
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    Please, don't forget post a review of the new version ;)

    Note that both versions will be installed in parallel, but I definitely don't recommend keeping both since they will "fight" with each other. Remember to remove the old version after installing the new one.

    Just to make it clear, since some ppl asked me:
    The new version published on Market has the same signature of the APKs published on the website. However, you can't install the APKs from the website "over" the market version since the package name was changed on Market (if you try, they will install side-by-side).
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    Thanks,
    I knew about the fix for wi-fi as I've posted here a while back, but I will update it for 3G as well.
    Cool!
    /AL

    On the wiki about custom script is some info about the chains, I have found this by checking the script what is executed that applies the rules, its somewhere in /data/data/<package name droidwall> in one of the sub dirs. There is stand what interface belongs to what chain, all you do is add another interface to a chain, in this case the VPN interface

    I hope this little thing will also make it to the wiki it could help some people, so that they don't have to spend the time to figure it out on there own.