Re: wg-ip, a tool to assign automatic ip addresses to wireguard interfaces

[ST <smntov@gmail.com>]

Hi Christophe-Marie,

I'm interested in it being integrated into WG, as it is exactly what I
asked for in this list several weeks ago.

Thank you!


On Tue, 2018-04-10 at 14:32 +0200, Christophe-Marie Duquesne wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In an old thread [1], danrl suggested deriving node addresses from the
> peer public keys. I liked this idea, so I wrote a tool to do it. It
> works like this:
> 
> generate an ipv6 address from the default ipv6 subnet of the script
> (fd1a:6126:2887::/48):
> wg-ip -6 gen uymIRDopubn0XRLLRTymOvuK2iG90wRcXxhsb2EOYzg=
> fd1a:6126:2887:17a1:2793:518a:7886:e8a4
> 
> generate an ipv4 address from the default ipv4 subnet of the script
> (10.0.0.0/8):
> wg-ip -4 gen uymIRDopubn0XRLLRTymOvuK2iG90wRcXxhsb2EOYzg=
> 10.0.37.175
> 
> generate an ip address from a custom subnet (ip version inferred from prefix):
> wg-ip --subnet 172.16.0.0/12 gen uymIRDopubn0XRLLRTymOvuK2iG90wRcXxhsb2EOYzg=
> 172.16.37.175
> 
> assign an ip address to the selected interface and allowed ips to the
> peers, all in the same subnet (existing allowed ips are preserved):
> wg-ip [-4|-6|--subnet <subnet>] [dev wg0] apply
> 
> or just see which commands 'apply' would run
> wg-ip [-4|-6|--subnet <subnet>] [dryrun]
> 
> Derivation algorithm: the bytes of the ip address are taken from the
> beginning bytes of the sha256 hash of the corresponding pubkey, and
> are masked with the network mask.
> 
> The tool does not handle collisions nor special addresses: The idea is
> to pick a subnet large enough so that these cases are unlikely enough.
> For ipv6, with a /48 prefix, that would be a 80 bits address space, so
> birthday attacks say one needs about 2^40 peers until they reach a
> significant risk of collision, which will fill the routing table well
> before this even becomes a problem. For ipv4 with the 10.0.0.0/8, the
> address space is 24 bits, so odds are still pretty good until 2^12
> peers, but this time it is reachable. For my personal needs (about 10
> peers) and for anyone with a network of less than 1000 peers (if my
> maths are correct), it should be largely sufficient (collision
> probability under 5%). Worst case, if you don't like the ip address
> generated, just use another key pair.
> 
> It is written in bash, in the spirit of wg-quick. I am definitely open
> to have it integrated in wireguard if people show interest.
> 
> https://github.com/chmduquesne/wg-ip
> 
> [1]: https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2016-December/000812.html
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