On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:22:10 +0200 "C. Schmid" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > i want to complain about the removal of the --pid-owner Support for > iptables. > > As far as i understand it this support was just removed without replacement. Yes, 7 years ago. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=34b4a4a624bafe089107966a6c56d2a1aca026d4 "Unfixably broken" What problem are you trying to solve? I suspect you would be able to solve it by dedicating a group-id to the program that you want to allow through the firewall, and making sure it runs with that group-id. (ignoring remainder of email as it seems to be more emotional than factual). NeilBrown > > I would have expected, that if anything you would have improved the > support for pid's and especially for desktop firewalls. > > But it seems that some rumors, like you only care for 'big iron' are not > that easily dismissed. > > I would encourage you to at least try to keep up with essential feature > support, especially when it comes to desktop firewalls (for example > zonealarm). > > I believe focusing on server infrastucture while abandoning desktop > infrastructure will not do much good in mid and long term. > > > > Sincerly > > > Christian Schmid > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [email protected] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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