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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [GIT]: Networking
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:03:04 -0700 (PDT)
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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.