WG default routing

Roman Mamedov rm at romanrm.net
Tue Jan 5 20:25:30 UTC 2021


On Tue, 5 Jan 2021 21:12:12 +0100
Chris Osicki <wg at osk.ch> wrote:

> As far as I can see after few tests, AllowedIPs config file option has nothing to do with routing and I hope 
> it will stay like this.

wg-quick uses AllowedIPs to also set up matching entries in the system routing
table. This can be disabled in its config.

> It is just a filter

It is not only a filter on incoming packets, but also WG's internal routing
table for knowing which packets should be sent to which peer.

-- 
With respect,
Roman


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