From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Security: Add iptables security table for mandatory access control rules Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 19:22:04 +0200 Message-ID: <48345A3C.1080407@trash.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, Paul Moore , Stephen Smalley To: James Morris Return-path: Received: from stinky.trash.net ([213.144.137.162]:46834 "EHLO stinky.trash.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936442AbYEURWI (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 13:22:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: James Morris wrote: > The following patch implements a new "security" table for iptables, so > that MAC (SELinux etc.) networking rules can be managed separately to > standard DAC rules. > > This is to help with distro integration of the new secmark-based > network controls, per various previous discussions. > > The need for a separate table arises from the fact that existing tools > and usage of iptables will likely clash with centralized MAC policy > management. > > The SECMARK and CONNSECMARK targets will still be valid in the mangle > table to prevent breakage of existing users. > > Signed-off-by: James Morris Applied, thanks. I'll add the dependency myself in case you agree.