netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/6] Labeled networking patches for 2.6.30

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Date:	Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:58:52 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	paul.moore@...com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	selinux@...ho.nsa.gov, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	casey@...aufler-ca.com, etienne.basset@...ericable.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Labeled networking patches for 2.6.30

On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, David Miller wrote:

> From: Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:10:20 -0400
> 
> > This patchset wraps up all the new labeled networking bits for 2.6.30.  This
> > is mostly a fixup/cleanup release with the main focus being to correct the
> > TCP labeling of both SELinux and Smack; expect some of this to get backported
> > to the -stable trees but there will need to be a bit of rework first so it
> > may take a few weeks for that to happen.  Other than the TCP issue there is a
> > new Smack feature to configure CIPSO aware hosts in "/smack/netlabel" which
> > should make the host/network label configuration much more flexible.  The last
> > change is to get rid of the security_socket_post_accept() hook which isn't
> > currently being used by anything in-tree and seems to act as a magnet for
> > bad ideas; if things change we can always add it back later.
> 
> Is James Morris going to take this stuff?  Just curious...

I will unless you specifically want it.

Paul: it's probably a good idea to have this in my tree before the merge 
window opens.


- James
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James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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