netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add LSM/SELinux support for GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP)

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Message-ID: <c075cd58-983f-0386-4281-6ff1edb6920c@schaufler-ca.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:56:22 -0700
From:   Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
To:     Richard Haines <richard_c_haines@...nternet.com>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc:     selinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        osmocom-net-gprs@...ts.osmocom.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        stephen.smalley.work@...il.com, paul@...l-moore.com,
        laforge@...monks.org, jmorris@...ei.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add LSM/SELinux support for GPRS Tunneling Protocol
 (GTP)

On 9/30/2020 5:20 AM, Richard Haines wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-09-30 at 12:17 +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> ....
>> Why do you need this?
> I don't actually have a use for this, I only did it out of idle
> curiosity. If it is useful to the community then okay. Given the
> attemped move to Open 5G I thought adding MAC support might be useful
> somewhere along the line.

I am not a fan of adding code that "might be useful someday".
There's no way to determine if it's been done correctly and
may interfere with a "real" implementation later.