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From: Alexey Mishustin <shumkar@×××××××.ru>
To: Gentoo <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to hide a network interface from an application
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 21:01:07
Message-Id: CAGWFrgtazhoPADGGZeMu007ibR0Q5xGavqYUk6CxMgDAKKOdYQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: How to hide a network interface from an application by Grant Edwards
1 пт, 14 авг. 2020 г. в 23:03, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>:
2
3 > [For posterity's sake, with -A Output it's -o <interface> rather than
4 > -i <interface>]
5
6 Ah, you are right! I am sorry, my iptables rule with 'noinet' doesn't
7 include an interface, I added it when typing the message and looked at
8 my rules with an interface from the INPUT section.
9
10 > My original post also said I was trying to hide an
11 > interface, when all I really needed was to prevent sending of packets
12 > on that interface.
13
14 Yes, it seems to be enough. I found out that 'noinet' rule when I got
15 annoyed by an application (written by Windows programmers as well)
16 that was continuously checking updates at each launch... No inet - no
17 check :)
18
19 > I think this should work, but I need to rebuild my kernel with the
20 > iptables "owner" extension enabled:
21
22 Clear!
23
24 --
25 Best regards,
26 Alex