namespaced-openvpn VS dnsleaktest

Network namespaces are a really nice feature for me. I use them for a few things. They are a simple and foolproof way of running programs in VPNs without having the whole system use the VPN, and you can have multiple of them, and even chain/nest them (foolproof as long as you remember to run it in the network namespace, such as a wrapper script or systemd service). WireGuard remembers the namespace it was created in and uses it for connecting to the VPN endpoint, so if you create it in your init namespace, then move it to a different namespace, programs in that different namespace can use the WireGuard interface which connects to the VPN endpoint using the original connection. Programs have no direct access to the internet if the VPN interface disappears. (https://www.wireguard.com/netns/#ordinary-containerization). There is also https://github.com/slingamn/namespaced-openvpn for OpenVPN.

namespaced-openvpn can do this.

Even found namespaced-openvpn, a ready-made solution for this problem.

It would depend of your device but on linux you can use namespaced-openvpn (https://github.com/slingamn/namespaced-openvpn). It would let you connect to vpn1 and running vpn2 over vpn1 for example.

There are ready-made solutions like namespaced-openvpn for OpenVPN. See #27 when using with libtorrent-rasterbar. For WireGuard, you can read up on https://www.wireguard.com/netns but it might be a bit confusing. I've easily made my own script which implements this so that it creates a network namespace, creates a WG interface, moves the WG interface into the new network namespace, then configures the WG interface (which is now in the new network namespace).

If you don't feel like using docker, this is an awesome script to seamlessly launch OpenVPN and spawn a new network namespace with only the tun interface in it. Handy af.

I am currently trying out Guetun in docker with ExpressVPN but am getting possible DNS leaks reported by this test. I ran this test in the docker exec console for my qBittorrent container which is routed through my Gluetun container. This is the output I get after running. I have also tried some other tests like doileak.com torrent IPtest. The reults i get from that say that I have an ipv4 udp leak. How do i know for sure that I'm not leaking my IP? TIA!

If you want to check what DNS is being used system-wide. https://github.com/macvk/dnsleaktest

I've confirmed the following: * curl ifconfig.cc inside the qbittorrent container gives me the VPN IP, not my own. * Using https://ipleak.net shows my VPN IP, not my own, when downloading their torrent in qbittorrent. * When using https://github.com/macvk/dnsleaktest inside my qbittorrent container, I get a different set of DNS server than when using it outside of it. These are the servers specifically from inside: You use 6 DNS servers: 104.156.251.15 [United States of America AS20473 The Constant Company LLC] 107.191.42.180 [United States of America AS20473 The Constant Company LLC] 144.202.14.9 [United States of America AS20473 The Constant Company LLC] 2001:19f0:5:18e8:5400:1ff:febe:3032 [United States of America AS20473 The Constant Company LLC] 2001:19f0:300:60d2::33 [United States of America AS20473 The Constant Company LLC] 2001:19f0:300:6256:5400:ff:fe1a:c6e7 [United States of America AS20473 The Constant Company LLC]

Check this

I recreated the simple (wg moved into netns) setup and introduced the nsswitch file you posted above. I then ran a DNS leak test script from within the netns and it didn't report any leaks. I ran wireshark in parallel, and unlike before, there was no DNS traffic on the host's ethernet interface. This looks really promising.