netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/2] SELinux: Add network ingress and egress control permission checks

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Date:	Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:13:57 -0500
From:	Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/2] SELinux: Add network ingress and egress control permission checks

On Tuesday 08 January 2008 1:02:11 am David Miller wrote:
> From: Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
> Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:47:48 -0500
>
> > This patch implements packet ingress/egress controls for SELinux which
> > allow SELinux security policy to control the flow of all IPv4 and IPv6
> > packets into and out of the system.  Currently SELinux does not have
> > proper control over forwarded packets and this patch corrects this
> > problem.
> >
> > Special thanks to Venkat Yekkirala <vyekkirala@...stedcs.com> whose
> > earlier work on this topic eventually led to this patch.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
>
> This looks fine, and since it doesn't touch anything under net/
> please feel free to merge it however you like.

Thanks.  For the record, I believe the plan is that James will be pushing all 
the labeled networking changes to Linus when the time comes.

-- 
paul moore
linux security @ hp
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