[SOLVED] Looking for restrictive Linux desktop firewall

Is there a firewall solution for Linux that will notify me of any connections that other processes try to establish, and let me allow/deny each connection manually?

I would like to get more concious about which tools are connecting to the internet, and how often.

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zer0@programming.dev · 28 pts · 355d (1 reply)

If you're looking for outgoing requests, check out OpenSnitch. It should do exactly what you're looking for.

myotheraccount@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d

Thank you! Exactly what I'm looking for.

boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 355d

You are looking for an outbound firewall

Like the others recommended

OpenSnitch has multiple detection ways, eBPF might require activation in the kernel, there are others too, 4 in total

For me on NixOS it worked in eBPF and proc mode. NixOS' weird binary placement makes rules less secure I guess as it can only check commands (if it were nix-native it could use a function for that)

And I had tons of "unknown process"es which I needed to allow to not break things, which kinda makes the thing useless

markus@hubzilla.markusgarlichs.de · 4 pts · 355d (1 reply)
myotheraccount@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d

Thanks 🙏 Opensnitch is exactly what I'm looking for

redlemace@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d (2 replies)

You could drop all and use the log function to see all traffic denied

myotheraccount@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d (1 reply)

Thanks, I'm aware, but I'm looking for an interactive application that lets me create rules on the fly. I don't want to have a one-time session where I check which tools connect to what, but rather something that interrupts me throughout the day...

If such a thing doesn't exist, tipps on how to build it are welcome too though.

redlemace@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d

Script that monitors the logs and uses notify-send to throw a popup? Not yet fully interactive but could be a start