netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/9] socket filtering using nf

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Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2014 05:57:39 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/9] socket filtering using nf_tables

Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org> writes:

> The following patchset provides a socket filtering alternative to BPF
> which allows you to define your filter using the nf_tables expressions.
>
> Similarly to BPF, you can attach filters via setsockopt()
> SO_ATTACH_NFT_FILTER. The filter that is passed to the kernel is
> expressed in netlink TLV format which looks like:

Could you explain how you validted and tested the nf engine to make it safe for
non root without any security problems?

-andi 

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