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Samsung Galaxy Tab S firewall configuration

I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S and I wish to disable or configure the firewall so that applications on the device can listen on specific IP addresses for UDP, TCP and multicast traffic.

How can i do this please ?
Please note that this is not a phone it is a tablet, I have posted to thr Smartphones section as there is no section for tablet devices.

btan

There is no firewall by default on the Galaxy Tab..unless you are referring to an apps such as those in below, the config may be specific to them and good to get their doc to check for such use case mentioned
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=firewall&c=apps

Roger Alcindor

ASKER

There are none of the programs such as those listed at the link that you suggest.
I need an application which listens on a specific port and can demonstrate that there is nothing preventing reception of the specific port. Any port would do, just to confirm that there is no firewall blocking reception of IP traffic.

btan

thanks for clarifications - other monitoring apps may include
Fing - Network Tools
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.overlook.android.fing
- http://www.overlooksoft.com/features

IP Tools (no free ver)
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ddm.iptools

Network Log (more preferable but for rooted and may be restricted)

The log tab shows the network packets being transmitted and their details such as:
* source and destination addresses/ports
* network protocol and interface
* bytes transmitted
* timestamp

- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.networklog&hl=en

Roger Alcindor

ASKER

I will try networklog and respond tomorrow, thanks.

Roger Alcindor

ASKER

I installed networklog but if I try to turn logging on I get an error message "Network Log requires root/superuser access"
Can I assign these rights to the app ?

btan

since it has to be at the system level to look into the packet, and it required the device to be rooted (as I prev mentioned) hence its request.

Network Log monitors iptables-logging to display a real-time list of which apps are making network connections, and provides statistics about those app connections.

Requires root: Yes. iptables must run as root

https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.googlecode.networklog

Roger Alcindor

ASKER

Can I make the device rooted ?

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btan

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Roger Alcindor

ASKER

Thanks for your various comments, I will persevere.

btan

thanks for sharing!