netdev - Re: [PATCH] Implement IP_EVIL socket option (RFC 3514)

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Date:	Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:17:00 +0200
From:	Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>
To:	Martin Lucina <martin@...ina.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement IP_EVIL socket option (RFC 3514)

* Martin Lucina:

> This patch implements the IP_EVIL socket option, allowing user-space
> applications to set the Security Flag in the IPv4 Header, aka "evil" bit,
> as defined in RFC 3514.

I need this to fix a security issue.  Could this be merged for real,
please?
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