I like to request sponsorship from security community to host the Trusted
Networking Interface Policy Database (TNIPDB) project. I also seek
endorsement from networking community for this project.
This project adds Multilevel Security (MLS) labels to networks and host
network
interfaces. This feature is used in OpenSolaris Trusted Extensions (TX).
Labeling
networks and network interfaces further hardens OpenSolaris as a trusted
operating
system. Upon completion of this project, OpenSolaris TX systems should
exhibit the
following improvements:
- stronger network segregation based on security labels
- a better policy mechanism for forwarding labeled IP traffic
- an easier way to configure TX systems as it won't require MLS
knowledge of every other hosts and networks
- a solid base for building other labeled networking technologies
such as labeled dynamic routing and labeled IP multicast.
The initial participants include:
Jarrett Lu (Jarrett.Lu at sun.com)
Ken Powell (Ken.Powell at Sun.COM)
Will Young (William.Young at Sun.COM).
Thanks in advance for your support.
Jarrett Lu
