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NAME

6       network_namespaces - overview of Linux network namespaces
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DESCRIPTION

9       Network namespaces provide isolation of the system resources associated
10       with networking: network devices, IPv4 and  IPv6  protocol  stacks,  IP
11       routing  tables,  firewall  rules,  the /proc/net directory (which is a
12       symbolic link to /proc/pid/net), the /sys/class/net directory,  various
13       files under /proc/sys/net, port numbers (sockets), and so on.  In addi‐
14       tion, network namespaces isolate the UNIX domain abstract socket  name‐
15       space (see unix(7)).
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17       A  physical  network  device can live in exactly one network namespace.
18       When a network namespace is freed (i.e., when the last process  in  the
19       namespace  terminates),  its physical network devices are moved back to
20       the initial network namespace (not to the namespace of  the  parent  of
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23       A  virtual  network (veth(4)) device pair provides a pipe-like abstrac‐
24       tion that can be used to create tunnels between network namespaces, and
25       can  be used to create a bridge to a physical network device in another
26       namespace.  When a namespace is freed, the veth(4) devices that it con‐
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29       Use of network namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the
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SEE ALSO

33       nsenter(1), unshare(1), clone(2),  veth(4),  proc(5),  sysfs(5),  name‐
34       spaces(7),    user_namespaces(7),   brctl(8),   ip(8),   ip-address(8),
35       ip-link(8), ip-netns(8), iptables(8), ovs-vsctl(8)
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39Linux man-pages 6.04              2023-03-12             network_namespaces(7)
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