> On 16 Jan 2022, at 12:54, Bob Proulx via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> I am not really happy with any of the programs I have looked at
> either.
>
> Ubuntu really pushes ufw but it feels too complicated to me. (Joking
> because it is supposed to be the Uncomplicated Firewall.) But I don't
> like that one shapes ufw in bits and pieces like crafting clay on a
> pottery table. I would much rather have a file with the rules (or at
> least most of them) in one place that then could get version
> controlled and copied around. ufw does maintain files behind the
> scenes though so perhaps one could hack at those files directly and
> avoid the command line interface.
>
> Bob

Have you tried firehol? It uses configuration files to set firewall rules for both inbound and outbound connections.

https://firehol.org/