Bug 432378

Summary: feature request: bind to (listen on) specified network interface
Product: [Applications] kdeconnect Reporter: V <v>
Component: commonAssignee: Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: aristsakas
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description V 2021-02-01 12:03:33 UTC 
SUMMARY

by default kdeconnectd listens on all network interfaces which might not be good in terms of security. It would be better to add an option to specify one interface for kdeconnectd to bind to, for example - a private LAN/WLAN or an encrypted VPN between the phone and the computer.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. start kdeconnectd
2. run "netstat -tulpan | grep kdeconnect"

OBSERVED RESULT

kdeconnect listens on all interfaces


EXPECTED RESULT

listen on all interfaces if kdeconnectd was started without arguments;
if started as e.g. "kdeconnectd -i eth0" then listen on eth0 interface only, or "kdeconnectd -i tun0" then listen on tun0 interface only.
Comment 1 aristsakas 2026-01-09 19:48:44 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 386858 ***