Re: [GIT]: Networking

David Miller
2008-07-21T01:03:20Z

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:54:04 -0700 (PDT)

> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, David Miller wrote:
> >
> > Hello Linus. This is the main networking merge for 2.6.27
>
> Grr. And I quote:
>
> Security table (IP_NF_SECURITY) [Y/n/?] (NEW) ?
>
> This option adds a `security' table to iptables, for use
> with Mandatory Access Control (MAC) policy.
>
> If unsure, say N.
>
> why the heck does this new config option apparently default to 'Y'? It's a
> new option, so no old users can need it, and the docs even say you should
> say 'N' unless you know what you're doing.
>
> (Same issue with the IPv6 version).
>
> Don't do this.

James/Patrick please fix this.

Thanks.