Catch windows firewall event using C#

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How can we capture the event of Windows Firewall that is raised whenever a new application which is not listed in firewall rules tries to access internet ?

How can we access that info using my C# application ?

What i want to do is to show a form allowing user to allow/deny a connection whenever a program tries to connect to the Internet..
I would like to know whether we can use the windows firewall for the same...

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This question is a copy of the question from the link below, but that is from over 10 years ago and all links in the answers are not working, so I am asking the question again

Catch Windows Firewall Event[^]

Posted 27-Jul-21 0:02am

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Updated 27-Jul-21 6:31am

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2021-07-27T06:31:00

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What i want to do is to show a form allowing user to allow/deny a connection whenever a program tries to connect to the Internet..

I hate to tell you, but Windows already does this!

Posted 27-Jul-21 6:31am

Dave Kreskowiak

Richard MacCutchan · Answer 2 · 2021-07-27T00:29:00

Solution 1

See How to block port scan attempts in the network using C# or VB.NET?[^]

Posted 27-Jul-21 0:29am

Richard MacCutchan

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Ṉobody 27-Jul-21 8:39am

This is not related to this question

Richard MacCutchan 27-Jul-21 8:54am

And your question could be answered by doing a little research: Using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security | Microsoft Docs[^].