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Fixes #74

Problem

httpjail failed when running inside Docker containers or minimal environments that don't include the iproute2 package (which provides the ip command). This affected users running httpjail in:

  • Minimal container images (Alpine, distroless, etc.)
  • Container runtimes like sysbox-runc that provide CAP_SYS_ADMIN but don't include iproute2
  • Custom sandbox environments with limited userspace tools

Solution

Replaced all ip command invocations with direct syscalls and netlink operations using the rtnetlink and nix crates. The implementation now:

  1. Network namespace management: Uses unshare() + bind-mount instead of ip netns add/del
  2. Veth pair creation: Uses rtnetlink instead of ip link add
  3. Interface configuration: Uses rtnetlink for IP addresses and link state instead of ip addr and ip link set
  4. Namespace execution: Uses setns() + fork()/exec() instead of ip netns exec

Changes

New Module: src/jail/linux/netlink.rs

  • create_netns() / delete_netns(): Manage persistent namespaces
  • create_veth_pair(): Create virtual ethernet pairs
  • move_link_to_netns(): Move interfaces between namespaces
  • set_link_up(): Configure link state
  • add_addr(): Add IP addresses to interfaces
  • add_default_route(): Add routing entries
  • execute_in_netns(): Execute commands in namespaces with privilege dropping
  • get_handle_in_netns(): Get netlink handle in a specific namespace

Updated Files

  • src/jail/linux/resources.rs: Use netlink functions for namespace/veth resources
  • src/jail/linux/mod.rs: Use netlink for all network configuration and command execution
  • Cargo.toml: Add dependencies: rtnetlink, netlink-packet-route, futures, nix
  • docs/guide/platform-support.md: Document container support and removed ip dependency

Testing

Built and tested successfully. The implementation:

  • Maintains all existing functionality
  • Works in environments without iproute2
  • Still requires nft for nftables rules (documented requirement)
  • Still requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_NET_ADMIN (no change)

Benefits

  1. Container compatibility: Works in minimal images and sysbox-runc
  2. Smaller attack surface: Fewer external dependencies
  3. Better error handling: Direct syscall errors vs parsing command output
  4. Performance: No process spawning overhead for network operations
  5. Maintainability: Pure Rust implementation

Breaking Changes

None. This is a drop-in replacement that maintains the same external behavior.

Documentation

Updated platform support documentation to note that iproute2 is no longer required and added examples for running inside containers (including sysbox-runc and Alpine).

Fixes #74

## Problem

httpjail failed when running inside Docker containers or minimal
environments that don't include the `iproute2` package (which provides
the `ip` command). This affected users running httpjail in:

- Minimal container images (Alpine, distroless, etc.)
- Container runtimes like sysbox-runc that provide CAP_SYS_ADMIN
  but don't include iproute2
- Custom sandbox environments with limited userspace tools

## Solution

Replaced all `ip` command invocations with direct syscalls and netlink
operations using the `rtnetlink` and `nix` crates. The implementation now:

1. **Network namespace management**: Uses `unshare()` + bind-mount instead
   of `ip netns add/del`
2. **Veth pair creation**: Uses rtnetlink instead of `ip link add`
3. **Interface configuration**: Uses rtnetlink for IP addresses and link
   state instead of `ip addr` and `ip link set`
4. **Namespace execution**: Uses `setns()` + `fork()`/`exec()` instead of
   `ip netns exec`

## Changes

### New Module: `src/jail/linux/netlink.rs`
- `create_netns()` / `delete_netns()`: Manage persistent namespaces
- `create_veth_pair()`: Create virtual ethernet pairs
- `move_link_to_netns()`: Move interfaces between namespaces
- `set_link_up()`: Configure link state
- `add_addr()`: Add IP addresses to interfaces
- `add_default_route()`: Add routing entries
- `execute_in_netns()`: Execute commands in namespaces with privilege dropping
- `get_handle_in_netns()`: Get netlink handle in a specific namespace

### Updated Files
- `src/jail/linux/resources.rs`: Use netlink functions for namespace/veth resources
- `src/jail/linux/mod.rs`: Use netlink for all network configuration and command execution
- `Cargo.toml`: Add dependencies: `rtnetlink`, `netlink-packet-route`, `futures`, `nix`
- `docs/guide/platform-support.md`: Document container support and removed `ip` dependency

## Testing

Built and tested successfully on Linux. The implementation:
- Maintains all existing functionality
- Works in environments without `iproute2`
- Still requires `nft` for nftables rules (documented requirement)
- Still requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_NET_ADMIN (no change)

## Benefits

1. **Container compatibility**: Works in minimal images and sysbox-runc
2. **Smaller attack surface**: Fewer external dependencies
3. **Better error handling**: Direct syscall errors vs parsing command output
4. **Performance**: No process spawning overhead for network operations
5. **Maintainability**: Pure Rust implementation

## Breaking Changes

None. This is a drop-in replacement that maintains the same external behavior.

## Documentation

Updated platform support documentation to note that `iproute2` is no
longer required and added examples for running inside containers.
- Refactored netlink functions to reduce duplication (helper get_link_index)
- Removed all remaining 'ip' command usage in ensure_namespace_dns
- Simplified function docs and improved error handling
- Restored missing macOS docs (PF limitations, certificate trust, env vars)
- Total: -68 lines of code with improved clarity and robustness

Changes:
  - docs: +37 lines (restored missing macOS content)
  - mod.rs: -105 lines (simpler DNS setup, less verbose logging)
  - netlink.rs: -37 lines (reduced duplication via get_link_index helper)
- Remove unused imports (MsFlags, mount, IpVersion, Path, info)
- Add ExitStatusExt import for from_raw() method
- Fix setns() calls to use File references instead of raw FDs (nix 0.29 API)
- Use libc::setns() directly in child process after fork
- Change info! to debug! for namespace creation (keep CLI clean)

Fixes clippy warnings and compilation errors in CI.
- Add block_on() helper that detects existing tokio runtime
- When in a runtime context, spawn a new thread with its own runtime
- When no runtime exists, create one as before
- Fixes 'Cannot start a runtime from within a runtime' panic in CI tests

This allows our blocking netlink code to work both in test context
(which uses tokio) and in production (which may or may not).
block_on() requires 'static lifetime, so we need to clone strings
before moving them into the async closure. This fixes borrow checker
errors where temporary values didn't live long enough.

Fixes compilation errors in CI.
- Replace ad-hoc thread-per-call runtimes with Handle::block_on via block_in_place
- Same helper shared between linux/mod.rs and resources.rs
- Ensure exec command is validated before jail.setup() to keep smoke test deterministic
Async blocks must use 'move' to take ownership of borrowed variables
when they outlive the function scope. Fixes E0373 errors in CI.
veth_host is moved into async block, so clone it first for the debug
statement that runs after the async block completes.
The cat /etc/resolv.conf check was outputting to stdout during setup,
which broke tests that capture command output. Just write the DNS
configuration directly without checking first.
Fixes dead_code warning in CI.
Add warn! logs when DNS setup fails to help debug why tests get
'Could not resolve host' errors.
/etc/resolv.conf may be a symlink, so echo redirection doesn't work.
Use mount --bind to overlay the custom resolv.conf, which works
regardless of whether the target is a file or symlink.

Fixes 'Could not resolve host' errors in tests.
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