Add a reassuring ”Firewall is up and running” to firewall-config about firewalld HOT 3 OPEN

Please have a look at firewall-config in version 0.4.2. It is handling this a bit different now and also uses an overlay to show that there is no connection to firewalld.

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With the AutomaticHelpers addition I am thinking about a GUI change to make the settings and the state more visible.

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Sorry for not getting back to your earlier.

I’m looking at 0.4.3.3 now. It now says “Connection to firewalld established.” That is better than “Connected”. However, what I was looking for was more “Firewall enabled”; something to indicate that things are working. Like gufw’s green shield.

I think that what I was looking for is a simple “Firewall is ON” indicator, and maybe even a summary like “Blocking all incoming connections by default, with exceptions from FedoraWorkstation zone rules.” If there is only a handful of services allowed, then maybe “Blocking all connections except mdns, ssh, and vnc-server.” My workstations and servers alike only have like two–three allowed services per machine, so a status message and summary would be useful in my scenarios. I only ever open firewall-config to double check what service I’ve allowed and to verify that the firewall is turned on.

Or what changes where you considering?

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