Hi Bob,

You're right I take back what I proposed before.

How about having a configuration flag to enforce port_security on shared
networks?

Aaron

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Robert Kukura <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 01/14/2013 03:39 PM, Aaron Rosen wrote:
> > Hi Akihiro,
> >
> > Thanks for your feedback. Responses inline.
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Akihiro MOTOKI <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Aaron,
> >
> >     Sorry for the late feedback.
> >
> >     I have some comments on the spec.
> >
> >     - Who can change the port security? If the network physical
> >     infrastructure provides an address
> >     space isolation among logical network, a tenant (a regular use) may
> >     change port security freely.
> >     On the other hand, if the network physical infrastructure requires
> MAC
> >     uniqueness (for example,
> >     network_type == flat), only admin should change port security.
> >
> > Correct, I was thinking about building a flag
> > (require_port_security_on_shared_networks and
> > require_port_security_on_provider_networks) in which it would force all
> > ports created on that network to use port security (and would require
> > the admin to remove that setting). Do you think this is something we
> > should build in?
>
> I'd recommend not trying to base any behavior on whether a network was
> created using the provider attributes or not. Once they are created,
> provider networks are indistinguishable from those created from a pool
> for a tenant.
>
> -Bob
>
> >
> >
> >
> >     - Why can we disable port security when a port is associated with a
> >     security group?
> >     The limitation section in the spec document says "if a port is
> >     associated with a security group
> >     one cannot remove the port security setting as port security is
> >     required for security groups to work."
> >
> >
> > The reason for this is if we allow the vm to change it's source ip then
> > it would be possible for them to get around the security group applied
> > to the port.
> >
> >
> >     A usual case is a case where a VM wants to another IP address in
> >     addition to its IP address assigned,
> >     but it is likely a user still wants to use security group (to drop
> >     incoming packets to undesired L4 ports).
> >
> >
> > In this use case you are talking about, are you meaning on the same vif
> > using ip aliases? If so then the user should update the port to include
> > this ipaddress and then add the desired security group settings for the
> > communication they want. It's not possible to support port security on a
> > port for only one ipaddress and not the other because of the reason i
> > mentioned previously. The user could create another port with out port
> > security though.
> >
> >
> >     The current secgroup implementation honors the original security
> group
> >     implementation in nova
> >     and IP/MAC spoofing rules are added automatically as provider rules.
> >     We can change the provider rules according to port security state
> >     for the port.
> >
> >     I hope my understanding it correct.
> >
> >     Thanks,
> >     Akihiro
> >
> >     2013/1/5 Aaron Rosen <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
> >     > Hi,
> >     >
> >     > I'm starting to work on the following blueprint
> >     >
> >     (
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/quantum/+spec/port-security-api-base-class
> )
> >     > and would like to run this spec by the community for feedback.
> >     >
> >     >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/18trYtq3wb0eJK2CapktN415FRIVasr7UkTpWn9mLq5M/edit
> >     >
> >     > Thanks,
> >     >
> >     > Aaron
> >     >
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