On Saturday 29 August 2020 04:19:02 phiebie@... wrote:
> > What I want is not just a GUI, but instead, one that displays *active
> > connections* as they appear and disappear, and allows changing rules
> > on the fly. Is there such a thing?
>
> Have a look at conky. It has a.o. these output-possibilities:
>
> Inbound: ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count}  Outbound: ${tcp_portmon 32768
> 61000 count} ${alignr} ALL: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}
>
> Inbound Connection ${alignr} Local Service/Port
>
> ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 0} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice
> 0}
>
> Outbound Connection ${alignr} Remote Service/Port
>
> ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 rhost 0} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000
> rservice 0}
>
> A thorough study of the documentation is necessary!
>
> Peter.
>

Thanks, I don't mind reading, if it leads in me in the right places. I just 
need to be pointed in the general direction. 

So far gufw still looks like the best option, but not quite what I want. I'll 
give conky a go, as well, downloading whatever I can find in the 
repositories, taking them for a test drive. 

Bill