netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 0/6] Extend locked port feature with FDB locked flag (MAC-Auth/MAB)

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Date:   Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:09:21 +0900
From:   Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@...il.com>
To:     Hans Schultz <netdev@...io-technology.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 0/6] Extend locked port feature with FDB
 locked flag (MAC-Auth/MAB)

On 2022-07-07 17:29 +0200, Hans Schultz wrote:
> This patch set extends the locked port feature for devices
> that are behind a locked port, but do not have the ability to
> authorize themselves as a supplicant using IEEE 802.1X.
> Such devices can be printers, meters or anything related to
> fixed installations. Instead of 802.1X authorization, devices
> can get access based on their MAC addresses being whitelisted.
                                                    ^

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