CPF Wishlist Rev 3

[AJohn]

@MrPete post:178

I gave CPF a four: in the brief time I’ve used it, it has not crashed, and has allowed me (with some effort) to configure most of what we need.

However, in a number of ways it is unnecessarily difficult to use. Most of the following suggestions probably could be implemented with ease:

• Allow moving multiple rules up/down at a time. Multi-select is already there, so multi-move shouldn’t be too hard. (While you’re at it, find out why up/down moving is so slow!)

• Simplify terminology: source/remote to source/destination (the destination is not always ‘remote’ which gives headaches to many people)

• Simplify the Trusted Zone wizard and results:

  • No need to everywhere list the IP assigned to zone names; just adds needless data to the screen
  • Use a single in/out rule instead of duplicating the rule for both sides

• Add user-defined text tags to log entries. A few characters of MY meaning lets me understand the log much faster than reading all the details of each entry.

• Provide for multiple IP ranges/subnets within a zone (and/or zone grouping). We have a standard set of trusted subnets; why should it be necessary to create separate rules for each one?

• Fix the confusing popup context bug. I think what’s going on is if two events happen in rapid succession, the top part of the popup is info about one, but the bottom context info is about the other! Very humorous suggestions show up at times

• Allow sorting the Activity/Connections page on any column

• Be very clear that zones are defined with start/end IP’s, not IP + mask. Because it defaults the end-IP to 255.255.255.255, it’s easy to assume that’s a mask. Perhaps change the default end-addr.

• Fix the labeling and order of Security Tasks. Right now the “add a new” list is haphazard, and “Zone” is actually “Manage Zones”. PERHAPS… simply add a Zone tab on the left, and eliminate the ‘tasks’ view. All actions are accomplished on the appropriate page.

• Remember my checked/unchecked “remember this answer” state

• Make it easier to open the main firewall window. Like, directly on the right click menu of the systray. “Launch pad” submenus are unnecessary additional complexity when we’re talking four products max, and 1-2 for most folks.

A bit harder…

• On traffic page, collapse same-app connections (i.e. a 2-level tree). Particularly with the large font used, I can’t see all apps’ traffic on a single screen.

• Allow the Comodo systray icon to be more informative. I.e. if I have the firewall, then mouseover could show a traffic summary, and the icon could (at my option) show a traffic history graph…

• Allow trusting an application at popup time.

Whew; that’s more than enough. I hope that’s at least slightly helpful feedback!

THANK YOU so much for all your incredible work on this! What an interesting marketing strategy…

blessings,
MrPete

There you go

Also, a few of them have been suggested already, but it’s nice to see support ;D