netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: make bridge-nf-call-*tables default configurable

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Date:	Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:26:11 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	markmc@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: make bridge-nf-call-*tables default
	configurable

On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 09:02:02AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
> Consider the posibility that the people using it aren't saying
> anything because things just-work for them right now.
> 
> If you change this default, I guarentee we will hear from them.
> 
> "everyone else" is making noise only because the default isn't
> what they want.  There is no other reason.

FWIW I don't really care what we have as the default for bridge
netfilter.  I just want to make sure that people who do have
bridge netfilter (and in particular, conntrack + bridge) active
on their machines are aware of the security implications.  Otherwise
we'd be negligent.

As you said distros can change the default regardless of what
the kernel does.

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