I have a simple set of iptables rules which start on boot a script in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/:
#!/bin/sh
iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.rules
exit 0
Similarly I have a script in /etc/network/if-post-down.d/ to save my existing rules:
#!/bin/sh
iptables-save -c > /etc/iptables.rules
if [ -f /etc/iptables.downrules ]; then
iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.downrules
fi
exit 0
Rules used to be saved and loaded properly until I installed ExpressVPN.
The software modifies my iptables rules each time I use it (which makes sense). But also sometimes (on random) when I haven't used it my rules get adjusted with some rules which include xvpn - so I assume it has to do with ExpressVPN. It's very annoying as it affects my connection and overall laptop performance.
My question is: how to disable firing these additional rules (without uninstalling ExpressVPN). Any idea what can be starting them? I can see nothing obvious on startup or in /etc/network/ folders, nothing in cron either. Where else can I look for scripts that can be causing this ?
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