Outpost Firewall users developed their unofficial web phorum feeded by Agnitum since 2002 to discuss online product features and support free users.
Users can optionally submit rules they have created through the Agnitum ImproveNet - cloud computing system for validation and sharing new rules by Agnitum engineers via product update. Agnitum engineers includes pre-set rules for many popular applications.
In practice prompting user can make the product seem over complicated to less experienced users. The idea being that this then lets the user decide whether an application should be allowed a network connection to a specific address, port or protocol. When in this mode, Outpost Firewall Pro displays a prompt each time a new process attempts network access or when a process requests a connection that is not covered by its rules. This is known as the "Rules Wizard" mode, or policy, and is the default behavior for the program. Outpost Firewall Pro allows the user to specifically define how a PC application connects to the Internet. They are called "Web control" altogether). The product includes also a spyware scanner and monitor, together with pop-up blocker/spyware filter for browsers (Outpost's web surfing security tools include also black-lists for IPs and URLs, unwanted web pages elements filter and ads blocking. Agnitum calls this technology "Component Control" and "Anti-Leak Control" (included into HIPS-based "Host Protection" module). Like most advanced PC firewalls ( ZoneAlarm, Comodo, etc.), Outpost goes beyond monitoring internet traffic and also monitors application behavior in an attempt to stop malicious software covertly infecting Windows systems. Outpost Firewall Pro ( personal firewall) is designed to monitor incoming and outgoing network traffic on Windows machines.
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