On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 09:28:17AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I will be using email, Usenet, browser and occasionally file > downloading. > Nothing on my system should look/act like a server. > I want all programs to access the internet after explicitly asking > for permission. > The response to the request may be: > No > Always YES > Ask each occurrence Have a look at mason and firestarter. Both allow you to set up your firewall in a "training" mode and will ask you "Should I allow this connection?" Mason is TUI-based, Firestarter is a GTK GUI.
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