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SOLVED! Laziest firewall?

Solved: OpenSnitch, https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch available via Software Manager on Mint as well.


There was a windows firewall (tinywall?) that worked like this:

  1. Something wouldn´t work on the internet.
  2. I'd query the firewall to see what was just blocked.
  3. I'd whitelist that traffic.

Pretty painless and I never was forced to think about the firewall until absolutely necessry, and then only to the least possible amount.

Is there any firewall on Linux that works similarly? Running Mint.

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ufw's all i know.

too lazy to look further.

i'm guessing you want a gui...?

idk if it has that, too lazy to look into it.

ufw just works.

(PS, I also use someonewhocares's hosts file (with my own additions up top). May interest, for a lazy painless way of blacklisting at least, and doing other redirects, and more.)

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The UFW I have on Mint (technically GUFW) seems to want me to manually configure each rule. I can't right click on a blocked entry and say, "allow".

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piefed.social

Both supposedly show a popup where you can allow or deny a connection with various settings (port, domain name, etc.)

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That's helpful. Gotta hardwire my jellyfin connection to the router, but my internet is via mobile hotspot.

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