From: Mr Dash Four <mr.dash.four@googlemail.com>
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>,
Netfilter Core Team <netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>,
Fedora SELinux Users <selinux@lists.fedoraproject.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] iptables (userspace): add secmark match
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:43:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <514CA65E.5030106@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130319233233.GA4172@localhost>
Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 12:48:47PM +0000, Mr Dash Four wrote:
>
>> This patch is part of the userspace changes needed for the "secmark" match
>> in iptables.
>>
>
> SELinux already provides the framework to define your network policy
> based on the secmark. I don't see why we need this in iptables.
>
I am not sure what to make of your response above Pablo. The purpose of
the patch isn't to replace what SELinux already provides, but to make
full use of that security framework. Are you questioning the purpose or
usefulness of the patch in general? Elaborate please.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-22 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-05 12:48 [PATCH 1/2] iptables (userspace): add secmark match Mr Dash Four
2013-03-19 23:32 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2013-03-22 18:43 ` Mr Dash Four [this message]
2013-04-08 2:32 ` Mr Dash Four
2013-04-12 13:54 ` Mr Dash Four
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