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Linux per program firewall similar to windows and mac counterparts

  1. Is it possible to create GUI firewall that works as Windows and Mac counterparts? Per program basis. Popup notification window when specific program want to send\recv data from network.
  2. If no, than why? What Linux kernel lacks to allow existence of such programs?
  3. If yes, than why there aren't such program?

P.S. This is programming question, not user one.

Solution

  • To answer your 3rd point. There is such a program which provides zenity popups, it is called Leopard Flower: http://sourceforge.net/projects/leopardflower