TUN inbound: Rename to autoSystemWfpBlockLeak and autoSystemDnsToGateway

autoSystemWFP becomes autoSystemWfpBlockLeak, saying that the WFP filters
block leaks, and autoSystemDNS becomes autoSystemDnsToGateway, saying
where it points the system DNS, so that pointing the system DNS at the
gateway on Windows later would fit the same name. Their config fields
keep their numbers; neither was released.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ For more advanced routing policies or rules, OS level configuration can still ma
This keeps complex system level routing and rules in a single place of responsibility - the OS itself. \
Examples of how to achieve this on a simple Linux system (Ubuntu with systemd-networkd) can be found at the end of this README.
### SYSTEM DNS ON LINUX (`autoSystemDNS`)
### SYSTEM DNS ON LINUX (`autoSystemDnsToGateway`)
On Linux, setting `autoSystemDNS` to `true` lets the inbound point the system resolver at the tun interface, so name lookups resolve through Xray instead of going out over the physical link. It is off by default, and it is Linux-only.
On Linux, setting `autoSystemDnsToGateway` to `true` lets the inbound point the system resolver at the tun interface, so name lookups resolve through Xray instead of going out over the physical link. It is off by default, and it is Linux-only.
It uses `resolvectl`, which means it applies only when all of these hold:
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ After the start network adapter with the name you chose in the config will be cr
When `dns` is set, those servers are applied to the adapter. Windows is kept from registering the TUN's addresses in DNS, and its DNS cache is flushed when the TUN starts and stops.
With `autoSystemWFP` and `autoSystemRoutingTable` set, Xray also adds Windows Filtering Platform filters that keep two kinds of traffic of every program but Xray itself from leaving outside the TUN:
With `autoSystemWfpBlockLeak` and `autoSystemRoutingTable` set, Xray also adds Windows Filtering Platform filters that keep two kinds of traffic of every program but Xray itself from leaving outside the TUN:
- With `dns` set, DNS (port 53) only goes through the TUN. Windows keeps sending name queries to the DNS servers of the other interfaces as well, out through those interfaces whatever the routes say, and other programs reach a resolver on the local network (e.g. `192.168.1.1` handed out by DHCP) through its more specific LAN route instead of the TUN. On Windows 11 and Server 2022 and later, where those queries may also go over HTTPS or TLS, Windows' DNS Client service cannot connect outside the TUN at all, except for name resolution on the local network (LLMNR, mDNS). The `dns` servers therefore have to lie within `gateway` or `autoSystemRoutingTable` (a warning is logged otherwise), and DNS servers that should be reached directly belong in Xray's own `dns` settings.
- Unless the TUN carries IPv6, that is, has an IPv6 address in `gateway` and IPv6 routes in `autoSystemRoutingTable`, IPv6 is blocked entirely, in both directions, as it would bypass the TUN. Only loopback and what Windows itself needs on the local link (neighbor and multicast listener discovery, DHCPv6) remain allowed.
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Names that Xray resolves through the system resolver, such as an outbound's serv
If the filters cannot be added, the TUN does not start (on Windows 10 and later; older versions only log a warning). They are removed when Xray exits. Not covered is name resolution on the local network (LLMNR, mDNS, NetBIOS), except over IPv6 while that is blocked.
`autoSystemWFP` (Windows only) is `false` by default, as the filters break some setups: a local DNS resolver other programs use (e.g. on `127.0.0.1:53`), the DNS of another VPN on its own interface, IPv6 on the local network while the TUN has no IPv6 address, virtual machines whose NAT resolves names on the host, or signing in to a captive portal. Without the filters, DNS may leak as described above.
`autoSystemWfpBlockLeak` (Windows only) is `false` by default, as the filters break some setups: a local DNS resolver other programs use (e.g. on `127.0.0.1:53`), the DNS of another VPN on its own interface, IPv6 on the local network while the TUN has no IPv6 address, virtual machines whose NAT resolves names on the host, or signing in to a captive portal. Without the filters, DNS may leak as described above.
You can give the adapter ip address manually, you can live Windows to give it autogenerated ip address (which take few seconds), it doesn't matter, the traffic going _through_ the interface will be forwarded into the app for proxying. \
Minimal configuration that will work for local machine is routing passing the traffic on-link through the interface.