Geo Firewall

The approaches to security are many, and usually you can never be too careful, so it's best to ensure that there aren't any weak links in your machine's security. Those who are after employing more drastic measures can look to block certain geographical regions from being accessed by their firewall.

A solution in that sense would be Geo Firewall, which is an aptly-named utility that is able to impose certain rules and block restrict geographical territories, whose traffic can be blocked or enabled per the user's instructions. The tool also provides a series of statistics to help one gauge the comings and goings of their internet traffic.

The software is surprisingly intuitive from an accessibility standpoint. All that's needed to block or unblock a geographical region is through a simple check-mark: under Geo Rules, the program groups these regions into relevant geographical categories. You can choose to block an entire content if you so desire — all through a mouse-click.

It should be noted that the changes should take place without delay. We tried blocking the entire European continent, which required some websites to send packets from the United States instead. Blocking US packets prevented those sites from loading altogether.

Users are free to set and manage port exceptions however they want. It's possible to open TCP and UP ports locally, as well as apply geo bindings to said ports. User-defined IPv4 and IPv6 networks can also be added through a different menu.

What's more, the Statistics tab can be useful for you to ascertain where traffic is coming from, and where your packets are going. The software does well to provide all sorts of chart types, and once you've gotten some geographical restrictions going on, it'll also display any blocked packets.

Geo Firewall is a solution that can help users be more secure on the web. If you find that a certain geographical region is causing vulnerabilities, blocking it through this program might be worth a try.