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authorDavid Lönnhager <david.l@mullvad.net>2021-12-08 11:03:55 +0100
committerDavid Lönnhager <david.l@mullvad.net>2021-12-08 11:03:55 +0100
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@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ The following network traffic is allowed or blocked independent of state:
On Linux, any situation that permits incoming or outgoing traffic also allows that traffic to be
forwarded. All other forward traffic is rejected.
+#### Mullvad API
+
+The firewall allows traffic for the API regardless of tunnel state, to allow for updating keys,
+fetching account data, etc. In the [Connected] state, this is only allowed inside the tunnel.
+For the other states, it is allowed regardless. On Windows, only the Mullvad service and problem
+report tool are able to communicate with the API in any of the blocking states.
+
### Disconnected
This is the default state that the `mullvad-daemon` starts in when the device boots, unless
@@ -184,7 +191,6 @@ disconnect/quit is explicitly requested by the user. At the same time there migh
when the app can't establish a tunnel for the device. This includes, but is not limited to:
* Account runs out of time
* The computer is offline
-* the TAP adapter driver has an error or the adapter can't be found (Windows)
* Some internal error parsing or modifying system routing table, DNS settings etc.
In the above cases the app gives up trying to create a tunnel, but it can't go to the