[Bug 58299] New: [Feature request] Some sort of way of disabling internet connection per prefix.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58299

Bug ID: 58299
           Summary: [Feature request] Some sort of way of disabling
                    internet connection per prefix.
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Wine doesn't have its own networking settings and instead relies on the host
Linux system's configuration. That said, I was wondering if there's a way to
disable internet access on a per-prefix basis without implementing an entirely
new networking layer within Wine. I'm asking this because Wine’s current
approach to networking allows VPNs like Hamachi to function seamlessly with
Windows applications running on Linux.

Related issue: https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/issues/2379

Edit: Apologies if this isn't the appropriate place to suggest feature
requests.

[Bug 58299] [Feature request] Some sort of way of disabling internet connection per prefix.

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58299

Austin English  changed:

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[Bug 58299] [Feature request] Some sort of way of disabling internet connection per prefix.

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mata  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from mata  ---
That's something commonly needed to run containers, where the solution is to
use network namespaces to isolate networks.
The same should also work here, specially in this case if the goal is to *not*
have network access:

unshare --net --map-current-user wine ...

Actually setting up a working isolated network configuration would be more
involved, but the tools for that already exist too, like slirp4netns or
passt/pasta.

[Bug 58299] [Feature request] Some sort of way of disabling internet connection per prefix.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58299

Ken Sharp  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Ken Sharp  ---
Windows doesn't have this, I don't think Wine should.

You can already use a netns (unshare already mentioned). You could also simply
disable certain DLLs and see if that works.
> I'm asking this because Wine’s current approach to networking allows VPNs like > Hamachi to function seamlessly with Windows applications running on Linux

Is this a typo? Why is this a bad thing?

[Bug 58299] [Feature request] Some sort of way of disabling internet connection per prefix.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58299

Zeb Figura  changed:

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         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED

--- Comment #3 from Zeb Figura  ---
This sort of thing has been requested before and rejected as being out of
Wine's scope. Use external sandboxing tools like network namespaces is the
prescribed solution here.