PostUp/PreUp/PostDown/PreDown Dangerous?

[Andy Dorman]

On 6/21/18 8:41 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> So, the question we need to ask is whether this problem is important
> enough that these useful features should be_removed_? Or if there's a
> way to make them safer? Or if it just doesn't matter that much and we
> shouldn't do anything.

We use wg-quick with PostUp/PostDown/PreUp/PreDown and would prefer that 
feature be retained.

However, looking ahead I believe Wireguard's speed, simplicity, and 
simple, straightforward configuration and operation is going to attract 
marginally competent amateur users that definitely do not qualify as a 
system or network admin.

So, while it should be obvious, it wouldn't hurt to add a short warning 
(in bold) to the wg-quick man page that lets these "amateur" users know 
of the potential danger.  Something along the lines of "Using a config 
written by someone else that you do not understand and have not vetted 
for security is stupid and can be dangerous. For example, the 
PostUp/PostDown/PreUp/PreDown commands can be used to enable malicious 
code.  So always be certain your configuration and the code it executes 
does only what you expect."

Sincere regards,

-- 
Andy Dorman
Ironic Design, Inc.
AnteSpam.com