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v26.02
Knocknoc 26.02 Knocknoc 26.02 is a platform-expansion release with a security spine: we’ve pushed...
Web applications (layer-7 filtering)
There are various options for protecting your web application using Knocknoc Local Linux firewal...
Server installation (on premise)
On a Linux host as Root, execute the below command to setup and install your Knocknoc server. You...
User Guide
Welcome to the Knocknoc User Guide. This will cover basic operations including logging in, loggin...
v6.0
We're excited to announce the release of Knocknoc 6, a major leap forward in attack surface reduc...
Cisco (SFMC/Firepower)
The Cisco Secure Firewall Management Console (formerly known as Firepower) integration allows Kn...
Firewall Manager access (IT MSP)
An IT managed services provider maintained multiple Fortinet firewalls on behalf of customers, of...
Financial services data partner, secure web upload
Use case: Trusted partners secure access to web application A financial services provider relied ...
LOOTOTL - Last One Out Turn Off The Lights
Knocknoc keeps a track of source IP addresses and tries to be kind to users that share IPs. Think...
SSH
Use case: Eliminating SSH attack surface in a distributed environment A large distributed enterpr...
Use cases (overview)
Knocknoc use cases Knocknoc is extremely versatile and can enable just in time network access con...
v25.12
Knocknoc 25.12 Knocknoc 25.12 is a Windows-first release focused on making Just-In-Time (JIT) acc...
AWS (EC2) Security Groups
Knocknoc can orchestrate Amazon AWS Security Groups, which essentially provide network level fire...
Knocknoc Reverse Proxy
The Knocknoc orchestration Agent - which is deployed alongside managed infrastructure (not on des...
LDAP
Knocknoc can authenticate users to an LDAP server like Active Directory, by attempting to bind as...
HAProxy + KAT
Sometimes IP address restrictions or IP-based allowlisting is not enough, think: airport lounge, ...
Getting Started
Cloud SaaS or self-hosted server? You can run your Knocknoc server either as a managed cloud inst...
HAProxy
HAProxy is a fantastic reverse proxy with a massive amount of features. Knocknoc has supported HA...
v7.6
Knocknoc 7.6 Knocknoc 7.6 continues the theme of user-experience improvements, this time for end ...
v8.5
Knocknoc 8.5 Knocknoc 8.5 delivers key improvements in usability, integrations, and security, w...