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| author | Linus Färnstrand <linus@mullvad.net> | 2019-12-19 11:07:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Linus Färnstrand <linus@mullvad.net> | 2020-01-07 21:50:38 +0100 |
| commit | 36fe80bc6f7cd22f997870c53964a5211e12ab1e (patch) | |
| tree | 91fac102ae100ed54c7034d1303ad8dbe1c2f589 /docs | |
| parent | 2b3d044e8776d35f661f6e436296e8a0deb7e0b3 (diff) | |
| download | mullvadvpn-36fe80bc6f7cd22f997870c53964a5211e12ab1e.tar.xz mullvadvpn-36fe80bc6f7cd22f997870c53964a5211e12ab1e.zip | |
Improve mobile section. Mostly iOS
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diff --git a/docs/security.md b/docs/security.md index fc5d3cd145..d8a50eda44 100644 --- a/docs/security.md +++ b/docs/security.md @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ system firewall. This means WFP on Windows, PF on macOS and nftables on Linux. A the rules are applied as atomic transactions. Meaning there is no time window of inconsistent or invalid rules during changes. -On mobile, Android and iOS, it is not possible for apps to filter network traffic by manipulating -firewall rules. There we employ various other techniques to try to reach similar security -properties as on desktop. +On mobile, Android and iOS, it is not possible for apps to directly access and manipulate the +firewall, routing table or DNS settings. There we employ other techniques to keep the system as +secure as possible with the limitations of the OS APIs. ### Android @@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ traffic. Such as the [connecting], [disconnecting] and [blocked] states. ### iOS -TODO +On iOS a designated packet tunnel process handles the network packet flow. iOS implementation +delegates the traffic handling to wireguard-go, which works directly with the tun interface. +The network configuration set up by the packet tunnel extension, specifies the routing rules, +that all traffic should flow through the tunnel, same way it works on Android. + +The iOS app currently does not support blocking in the apps blocked state. ## App states @@ -242,9 +247,6 @@ The GUI only communicates with the system service (`mullvad-daemon`), it makes n network connections. Except when it sends a problem report, then it spawn the `mullvad-problem-report` tool, which in turn communicate over TLS with our API. -## Android - -<TODO> [disconnected]: #disconnected [connecting]: #connecting |
