Hi all—as title suggests I’m experiencing a compatibility issue between UFW and my vpn (Windscribe if it matters). My UFW defaults are set to deny incoming, allow outgoing, and routed disabled, with no exception rules configured. When I enable Windscribe (I use OpenVPN udp on port 80 if that matters) while UFW is active, Windscribe reports a network configuration error and requests sending debug logs; ignoring the error still allows the VPN to function, but I observe IPv6 and DNS leaks. Disabling UFW removes the error and the leaks. What UFW configuration is causing this behavior, and which specific rules should I add to prevent IPv6 and DNS leaks while keeping UFW enabled?
also here is the output of iptables -L again with markdown:
Chain INPUT (policy DROP) target prot opt source destination windscribe_input all -- anywhere anywhere /* Windscribe client rule / ufw-before-logging-input all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-before-input all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-after-input all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-after-logging-input all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-reject-input all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-track-input all -- anywhere anywhere windscribe_block all -- anywhere anywhere / Windscribe client rule */ Chain FORWARD (policy DROP) target prot opt source destination ufw-before-logging-forward all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-before-forward all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-after-forward all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-after-logging-forward all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-reject-forward all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-track-forward all -- anywhere anywhere Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination windscribe_output all -- anywhere anywhere /* Windscribe client rule / windscribe_dnsleaks all -- anywhere anywhere / Windscribe client dns leak protection / ufw-before-logging-output all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-before-output all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-after-output all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-after-logging-output all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-reject-output all -- anywhere anywhere ufw-track-output all -- anywhere anywhere windscribe_block all -- anywhere anywhere / Windscribe client rule */ Chain ufw-after-forward (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-after-input (1 references) target prot opt source destination ufw-skip-to-policy-input udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:netbios-ns ufw-skip-to-policy-input udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:netbios-dgm ufw-skip-to-policy-input tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:netbios-ssn ufw-skip-to-policy-input tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:microsoft-ds ufw-skip-to-policy-input udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:bootps ufw-skip-to-policy-input udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:bootpc ufw-skip-to-policy-input all -- anywhere anywhere ADDRTYPE match dst-type BROADCAST Chain ufw-after-logging-forward (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-after-logging-input (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-after-logging-output (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-after-output (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-before-forward (1 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp destination-unreachable ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp time-exceeded ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp parameter-problem ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp echo-request ufw-user-forward all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-before-input (1 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED ufw-logging-deny all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate INVALID DROP all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate INVALID ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp destination-unreachable ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp time-exceeded ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp parameter-problem ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp echo-request ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp spt:bootps dpt:bootpc ufw-not-local all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT udp -- anywhere mdns.mcast.net udp dpt:mdns ACCEPT udp -- anywhere 239.255.255.250 udp dpt:1900 ufw-user-input all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-before-logging-forward (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-before-logging-input (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-before-logging-output (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-before-output (1 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED ufw-user-output all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-logging-allow (0 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-logging-deny (2 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-not-local (1 references) target prot opt source destination RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere ADDRTYPE match dst-type LOCAL RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere ADDRTYPE match dst-type MULTICAST RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere ADDRTYPE match dst-type BROADCAST ufw-logging-deny all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 3/min burst 10 DROP all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-reject-forward (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-reject-input (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-reject-output (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-skip-to-policy-forward (0 references) target prot opt source destination DROP all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-skip-to-policy-input (7 references) target prot opt source destination DROP all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-skip-to-policy-output (0 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-track-forward (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-track-input (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-track-output (1 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere ctstate NEW ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere ctstate NEW Chain ufw-user-forward (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain ufw-user-input (1 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:22000 /* 'dapp_syncthing' / ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:22000 / 'dapp_syncthing' / ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:21027 / 'dapp_syncthing' */ ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:10387 ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:10387 Chain ufw-user-limit (0 references) target prot opt source destination REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable Chain ufw-user-limit-accept (0 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-user-logging-forward (0 references) target prot opt source destination RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-user-logging-input (0 references) target prot opt source destination RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-user-logging-output (0 references) target prot opt source destination RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ufw-user-output (1 references) target prot opt source destination Chain windscribe_block (2 references) target prot opt source destination DROP all -- anywhere anywhere /* Windscribe client rule */ Chain windscribe_dnsleaks (1 references) target prot opt source destination DROP udp -- anywhere dns9.quad9.net udp dpt:domain /* Windscribe client dns leak protection / DROP tcp -- anywhere dns9.quad9.net tcp dpt:domain / Windscribe client dns leak protection */ Chain windscribe_input (1 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere /* Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp spts:bootps:bootpc dpts:bootps:bootpc / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- GTS anywhere / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- 192.168.0.0/16 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- 172.16.0.0/12 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- 169.254.0.0/16 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- 10.255.255.0/24 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- 10.0.0.0/8 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- base-address.mcast.net/4 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- 146.70.203.19 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- localhost anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- localhost/8 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- 192.168.0.0/16 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- 172.16.0.0/12 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- 169.254.0.0/16 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- 10.255.255.0/24 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- 10.0.0.0/8 anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- base-address.mcast.net/4 anywhere / Windscribe client rule */ Chain windscribe_output (1 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere /* Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp spts:bootps:bootpc dpts:bootps:bootpc / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere GTS / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- anywhere 192.168.0.0/16 / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- anywhere 172.16.0.0/12 / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- anywhere 169.254.0.0/16 / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere 10.255.255.0/24 / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- anywhere 10.0.0.0/8 / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- anywhere base-address.mcast.net/4 / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere 146.70.203.19 owner GID match root / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere 146.70.203.19 owner GID match windscribe / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere 146.70.203.19 ! owner UID match 0-4294967294 / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere 146.70.203.19 mark match 0xca6c / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere localhost / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere localhost/8 / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere 192.168.0.0/16 / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere 172.16.0.0/12 / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere 169.254.0.0/16 / Windscribe client rule / DROP all -- anywhere 10.255.255.0/24 / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere 10.0.0.0/8 / Windscribe client rule / ACCEPT all -- anywhere base-address.mcast.net/4 / Windscribe client rule */