+1 --Glenn
Jarrett Lu wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > security-discuss mailing list > security-discuss at opensolaris.org >
