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From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Subject: Re: [patch -mm] net namespace: empty framework
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:16:55 +0100
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On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 07:01:03PM +0100, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> Kirill Korotaev wrote:
> >Cedric,
> >
> >Dmitry Mishin and Daniel Lezcano are working together on the full
> >network namespace incorporating both needs of OpenVZ and VServer/IBM.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Kirill
> 
> Kirill,
> 
> We will need this framework to move the network isolation code to the 
> ns_proxy/net_namespace structure. So if Cedric gives us a empty 
> framework it is fine, except if someone does not agree with it...

no problem here, but I think we will need another one,
or some smart way to do the network isolation (layer 3)
for the network namespace (as alternative to the layer 2
approach) ...

as they are both complementary in some way, I'm not sure
a single space will suffice ... 

best,
Herbert

>   -- Daniel.