feature request: display per process network usage/permissions
Submitted by mmc..@...ac.nz
Link to original bug (#506390)
Description
A couple of ideas i thought worth consideration.
Firstly, a simple up/down display of internet usage on a per process basis. So if you have a number of applications accessing the internet, you can see how often they are downloading uploading data, and what percentage of your download/upload speed they are attaining.
Could also be useful to detect suspicious activity on the network and associate it with an app or process.
A quick mock-up i made a while back: http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=47683&stc=1&d=1193265442
Moreover, is their such a thing as networking 'nice'? Could processes have bandwidth caps/priorities imposed from within g-s-m? Furthermore, something like a simple firewall or at least a way to permit/deny nwetwork connections for apps/processes could be a good thing for g-s-m to incorporate. Seems like a logical place at least to include this function. maybe such a feature-set could live in its own tab within g-s-m, say, 'network activity' or 'network access'? In summary could some sort of simple firewall capacity be built into g-s-m? Would this be appropriate?