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Date:      Sat, 06 Aug 2016 12:15:27 -0400
From:      Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-pf@freebsd.org
Cc:        stdin@niklaas.eu
Subject:   Re: Firewalling jails and lo0
Message-ID:  <57A60D1F.80500@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160806155411.GA5289@len-t420.klaas>
References:  <20160806155411.GA5289@len-t420.klaas>

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Niklaas Baudet von Gersdorff wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In the manual I read the advice to disable the firewall on the
> loopback interface (`set skip on lo0`) It makes sense to me: Why
> would I want to firewall traffic on the loopback interface?
> 
> I have jails with IPs assigned on lo1. Intentionally I do /not/
> `set skip on lo1` because I also want to restrict traffic (in and
> out) from and to the jails. (In case one of them becomes
> infiltrated.)
> 
> However, today I realized that some connections originating from
> these jails use the loopback interface lo0. That said, they
> "circumvent" the firewall I set on lo1. `tcpdump` shows
> connections on lo0 from and to jails' IPs (especially IPv6s)
> although these IPs are solely assigned to lo1.
> 
> I was quite surprised by that behavior. So, if I want to isolate
> the jails and restrict traffic from an to them, will I need to
> remove skipping on lo0 and block there too?
> 
> Any advice and explanation is very much appreciated.
> 
>     Niklaas

This bug report will answer your questions for non-vimage jails.

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=210049



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