+1 from networking.
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
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