Firewall IP is the only firewall type application for iDevices, through it you have the option to control absolutely all the traffic made by your iPhone terminal. Firewall IP has been available in Cydia for some time, but recently version 2.0 of the application was launched, which brings a lot of news. Using this application you will be able to block the internet access of certain applications, you will be able to control how others connect and you will be able to set all or certain applications to ask for permission to connect to the internet.
Here are the features of the application:
- Block outgoing TCP & UDP connections selectively
- Shows you the hostname for the connection & can provide you with WhoIs information
- Block connections of apps when you are on a cellular network
- Block analytical providers / data collectors which PrivaCy can't
- Block unnecessary content
Here's what Firewall IP 2.0 brings:
- full IPv6 support (be advised that many Internet Service Providers don't even support IPv6 yet, so if you aren't able to access an IPv6 only server, it's not FiP's fault)
- all new rules are being saved with date and time. Now you can look up which rules you created last
- totally new way of showing the popup.
- redesigned popup
- Option to have the Deny Tab in front (Settings in the GUI)
- a field on the PoPup which shows the url (TCP) or the data packet (UDP) (if possible)
- if the hostname has more than 2 parts (more than xyz.com), when you tap on the selector for "normal, *, and *." you'll be able to select parts of the hostname the rule will apply to
- Option to Import/Export FiP settings (one file) so you can easily backup your stuff (Settings in the GUI)
- support for port ranges
- many other enhancements and fixes
- GameCenter support: added support for the game center daemon (a process which runs in the background). You'll have to REBOOT your device after installation to enable this (Saurik will fix that in a future MobileSubstrate update). IMPORTANT: because game center is actually an own progress which runs in the background and starts running when a game needs it, rules applied to the Game Center Daemon will affect all apps. You can use allow/deny (all) session to make changes for every game.
IP Firewall is available in Cydia for $2.99.
