Re: [TUN]: Clear security path for tunnel packets

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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:54:31 +0400 (MSD)
kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:

> Sigh, I did not plan to clear secpath ever. It was expected to accumulate
> all the path through stack and kept forever, maybe, even given to end user
> if he wants. Sweet dreams. :-)
> 
> I do not see anything bad with your suggestion, eventually each segment
> of secpath might be cleared immediately after it is verified against policy
> and this happens right before packet reaches decapsulation in IPIP tunnel,
> so it is OK. But it still does not look good to lose information just
> to allow to pass easier through some poorly designed test. Maybe, there
> is some way to fixt the test yet...

For now I'll put Herbert's patch in so that things are working
in the mean time.

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