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Author: Simon Walter
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] ifconfig vs ip
On 06/05/2016 12:16 AM, Rainer Weikusat wrote:
> Simon Walter <simon@???> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> I am adding containers (LXC) and
>> virtual network to the box, I think I will add an tap and bridge
>> interface to an /etc/network/interface.d/ file. If I use something
>> like:
>>
>> auto br0
>> iface br0 inet static
>>      pre-up ip tuntap add dev tap0 mode tap
>>      pre-up ip link set tap0 up
>>      post-down ip link set tap0 down
>>      post-down ip tuntap del dev tap0 mode tap
>>      bridge_ports tap0
>>      address 10.1.1.1
>>      netmask 255.255.255.0
>>      broadcast 10.1.1.255

>>
>> And make sure there is the source /etc/network/interface.d/* line in
>> the interfaces file. Then route with iptables between the a physical
>> NIC (eth0 for example) and the virtual NIC (tap0) and have all the
>> containers connected to br0.
>>
>> Are there any glaring problems with this setup?
> This will create a bridge with one virtual network interface bridged to
> a character device an application could use to talk 'ethernet' to the
> network stack. That's certainly not inherently related to/ useful for
> anything-lxc.
>


I will route the packets to the physical device using iptables, thereby
creating a firewalled private network. I have only tried it out and not
done much research and testing on whether this is actually secure or not.