netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] LSM: Add inet_sys_snd

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:22:55 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] LSM: Add inet_sys_snd_skb() LSM hook

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Paul Moore wrote:

> Add an inet_sys_snd_skb() LSM hook to allow the LSM to provide packet level
> access control for all outbound packets.  Using the existing postroute_last
> netfilter hook turns out to be problematic as it is can be invoked multiple
> times for a single packet, e.g. individual IPsec transforms, adding unwanted
> overhead and complicating the security policy.

I'm fine to ack this from a security pov -- any objections on the 
networking side?

- James
-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html