From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
To: "C. Schmid" <christian.schmid81@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Complaint - pid-owner Support Removed (CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_OWNER)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:41:21 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120731124121.5fe10478@notabene.brown> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5016DEE2.1060900@gmx.de>
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:22:10 +0200 "C. Schmid" <christian.schmid81@gmx.de>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i want to complain about the removal of the --pid-owner Support for
> iptables.
>
> As far as i understand it this support was just removed without replacement.
Yes, 7 years ago.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=34b4a4a624bafe089107966a6c56d2a1aca026d4
"Unfixably broken"
What problem are you trying to solve? I suspect you would be able to solve
it by dedicating a group-id to the program that you want to allow through the
firewall, and making sure it runs with that group-id.
(ignoring remainder of email as it seems to be more emotional than factual).
NeilBrown
>
> I would have expected, that if anything you would have improved the
> support for pid's and especially for desktop firewalls.
>
> But it seems that some rumors, like you only care for 'big iron' are not
> that easily dismissed.
>
> I would encourage you to at least try to keep up with essential feature
> support, especially when it comes to desktop firewalls (for example
> zonealarm).
>
> I believe focusing on server infrastucture while abandoning desktop
> infrastructure will not do much good in mid and long term.
>
>
>
> Sincerly
>
>
> Christian Schmid
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-30 19:22 Complaint - pid-owner Support Removed (CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_OWNER) C. Schmid
2012-07-31 2:41 ` NeilBrown [this message]
2012-08-01 1:20 ` valdis.kletnieks
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