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I was setting up my laptop for traveling and adding Wireguard VPN configuration.

The Wireguard config generated by router only contains IPv4 address (10.0.5.x), and while testing the VPN to my surprise "what is my ip" websites can find my IPv6 address (I USB tethered mobile connection to my laptop).

It looks like NetworkManager does nothing about IPv6 connection if VPN doesn't have IPv6 settings, which is bad for road warrior type of VPN configuration.

Is there an easy toggle to turn of IPv6 if VPN is connected and otherwise? Or is only option to disable all IPv6 no matter what?

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[–] axzxc1236@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I tried the same setup with Ubuntu 24.04.1 desktop live system and I can replicate this IP leak issue, I guess I will have to disable IPv6.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Disable in network manager?

[–] axzxc1236@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

That is what I was thinking, yes.

[–] Supermariofan67@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Best to set a firewall rule with nftables to block non-vpn traffic from leaving (you should also do the save for IPv4 traffic to prevent leaks in case the tunnel disconnects)

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You could edit your configuration to change the wireguard connection's AllowedIPs from 0.0.0.0/0 to 0.0.0.0/0,::/0 so that IPv6 traffic is routed over it. Regardless of if your wireguard endpoint actually supports it, this will at least stop IPv6 traffic from leaking.

[–] axzxc1236@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wireguard config already includes "::/0"

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

If you have ::/0 in your AllowedIPs and v6 connections are bypassing your VPN, that is strange.

What does ip route get 2a00:1450:400f:801::200e (an IPv6 address for google) say?

I haven't used wireguard with NetworkManager, but using wg-quick it certainly adds a default v6 route when you have ::/0 in AllowedIPs.