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Date:      Tue, 7 Apr 2015 07:04:40 +0000
From:      Anton Farber <dr_sweety_1337@hotmail.com>
To:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD sometimes uses the router for packets on the local network
Message-ID:  <BLU184-W7781B661517FF838390C84D6FD0@phx.gbl>
In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2izwRe_7K6ZjJOzbAwRcQLy2mRh0V6CRR3Lh7u8UXe9fA@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Mon=2C Apr 6=2C 2015 at 12:15 PM=2C Anton Farber
> <dr_sweety_1337@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I've opened a thread on the FreeBSD networking forum (https://forums.fr=
eebsd.org/threads/jail-fails-to-connect-to-main-host.50833/) as sometime ag=
o my FreeBSD server (initially running 10.1=2C now CURRENT) started to beha=
ve strangely after an upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1. I first noticed that a jai=
l (192.168.1.5) wasn't able to contact the base system (192.168.1.1). Runni=
ng a tcpdump revealed the following: the jail is using em0 instead of lo0 f=
or communicating with the base system:
>=20
> You need to look at your routing tables.  From inside the jail=2C run
> "netstat -rn -f inet".  You probably won't see any entry for 127.0.0.1
> or 127.0.0.0/8.  Those are the entries that your jail needs in order
> to talk to the base system.  You can add them=2C but think carefully.
> Many server processes=2C such as ntpd=2C have reduced security for
> connections coming over 127.0.0.1.  Whether or not it is appropriate
> to add those routes depends on why you are using a jail.

Ok=2C so the behaviour I'm seeing regarding the communication between jail =
and base system is to be expected then. My reason for posting it was=2C tha=
t I was unsure whether it might have anything to do with the main problem. =
I don't think that this is the case so the question remains=2C why is my Fr=
eeBSD server sometimes using the router for contacting hosts on the local n=
etwork?
Regards=2C Anton 		 	   		  =



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