Running a Windows VM on KVM, how do I restrict network access to specific applications instead of the entire OS? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi everyone,

Is there any way to restrict network access for a Windows VM using KVM other than a couple of applications (Windows explorer and Firefox)? ~~I don't want to get into configuring the Windows firewall and would like to do this using KVM/other linux utilities on the host machine if possible~~ As I thought, it is unlikely that I will be able to do this from the KVM side of things. Would anyone have an idea of how I could script this for subsequent Windows VMs?

Thanks!

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[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, well, I was hoping I could do this from the linux side instead of configuring the Windows firewall, but apparently not

[-] boo@lemmy.one 1 points 9 months ago

If you are finding using windows FW hard, you could try https://github.com/pylorak/TinyWall

[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Thank you, I'll bookmark this! Another commenter pointed out SimpleWall, need to check that out too!

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