Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 08:36:53PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote: > > Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > What would you expect in these cases (note, ip family): > > > > > > > > a) add rule filter input meta l4proto icmpv6 > > > > b) add rule filter input meta l4proto icmpv6 icmpv6 type echo-request > > > > c) add rule filter input icmpv6 type echo-request > > > > > > > > with master only a) is accepted. > > > > With patch #1 of the series, b) is also accepted. > > > > > > b) and c) are equivalent. Since c) should generate both the meta > > > protocol and the meta l4proto dependency. > > > > Hmm. I suspect you mean c) should be rejected? > > (ip family!), so user would have to specify > > Oh, I thought these examples above are inet. > > Yes, we should reject this from ip family. > > > > Then, we should allow this too: > > > > > > meta protocol ip meta l4proto icmpv6 > > > > Explicitly to indicate ip->protocol == 58 is asked for. > > Exactly. > > > > so we can match IPv4 packets that container ICMPv6 packet. I know, > > > this is crazy, but we should users to match this. A handcrafted packet > > > may look like that. > > > > Yes and yeas. > > > > > I think this logic should be placed somewhere at payload_gen_dependency(). > > > > Ok, I will rework this series accordingly, i.e.: > > > > add rule filter input icmpv6 type echo-request > > This above should be ip6 family, right? Actually i meant add rule $family filter input icmpv6 type echo-request ... to have the example below illustrate the difference in behaviour and dependency injection. > > will: > > - pull in meta l4proto dependency for ip6 family > > - pull in meta l4proto dependency PLUS ipv6 dependency in > > inet/bridge/netdev families > > - fail with invalid protocol base error in ip family > > > > the last case should work in ip family iff user specifies > > the nexthdr value specifically. > > > > Does that seem ok to you? > > Sounds great, thanks. Good, I will work on this tomorrow then. I won't push any of the patches for the time being, so expect a v2. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html