Re: [GIT]: Networking

[Patrick McHardy]

David Miller wrote:
> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:54:04 -0700 (PDT)
>
>   
> > 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.
>   

This is only the NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n default (for SECURITY=y).
The netfilter defaults for NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n should be m/y for
things that are needed by mainstream distributions for normal
usage.

I'm not sure how this is going to be used, James?

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