Introducing Leopard Flower FOR LINUX

Leopard Flower is a personal firewall software designed specifically for Linux operating systems. It is built on the powerful libnetfilter_queue, offering users the ability to control Internet access on a per-application basis rather than by port or protocol.

Key Features:

• Backend/daemon architecture


• Graphical frontend for easy navigation


• User-defined application network permissions

Technical Specifications:

• Requires libnetfilter-queue, libnetfilter-conntrack, and libnfnetlink packages


• Available for Ubuntu 10.10 with compatibility for other Linux distributions


• Support for both command-line and graphical frontends

Installation Guide:

Follow these steps to set up Leopard Flower on your Linux system:

1. Ensure lpfw and lpfwgui files are in the same directory


2. Launch "lpfw" as root in a terminal window


3. For the graphical frontend, launch "lpfw --gui" in an X session as a regular user

Customization and Settings:

Customize your Leopard Flower experience with the following options:

• Specify rules file location with --rules-file option


• Adjust logging facility and file location for detailed logging


• Set path preferences for the CLI and GUI interfaces

Logging and Monitoring:

Enable various logging levels for information, traffic, and debugging purposes. View logs in stdout, files, or syslog for detailed analysis.

Frontend Options:

Choose your preferred frontend interface:

• lpfw --cli: Ncurses interface


• lpfw --gui: Standalone graphical interface


• lpfw --guipy: Python-based graphical interface