Re: Current state of Network Namespaces (NETNS, CLONE_NEWNET)?

[Daniel Lezcano]

Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> Sorry for the shotgun mail, but in the end,  it's
> not clear who can best answer my question(s).
>
> I'm currently trying to add documentation of all of
> the undocumented CLONE_* flags.  One of these is
> CLONE_NEWNET, and I could use (quite a lot of) help.  
>
> My questions:
>
> What is the current state of the network namespace 
> implementation?  Is it complete?  

It is not complete but mostly usable for ipv4 and ipv6.

There is a network namespace status I filled at:

http://lxc.sourceforge.net/network/status.php

It should be up-to-date.

> What objects are considered part of the network 
> namespace, and therefore distinct for a new network 
> namespace?

The network namespace brings isolation from the layer-2 to upper layers.

> Is there any documentation for network namespaces 
> already?

http://lxc.sourceforge.net/network.php
http://lxc.sourceforge.net/doc/sigops/appcr.pdf

> Are there any test programs for network namespaces?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxc/

follow the README page. It is still in development but mainly usable  - 
any feedbacks are welcome :)

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