netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] netfilter: nf_tables: add SECMARK support

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Date:   Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:01:11 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
Cc:     kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu, fw@...len.de, davem@...emloft.net,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        paul@...l-moore.com, sds@...ho.nsa.gov, eparis@...isplace.org,
        jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] netfilter: nf_tables: add SECMARK support

On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 08:26:15PM +0200, Christian Göttsche wrote:
> Add the ability to set the security context of packets within the nf_tables framework.
> Add a nft_object for holding security contexts in the kernel and manipulating packets on the wire.
> 
> Convert the security context strings at rule addition time to security identifiers.
> This is the same behavior like in xt_SECMARK and offers better performance than computing it per packet.
> 
> Set the maximum security context length to 256.

Applied, thanks Christian.