Re: Unauthorized connection blocking withing socket

[Alan Cox <alan _at_ lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

> I am not sure that it is a good idea to mess around sys_connect() or any
> one want to put such restriction on their computer. I don't see amy
> problem for the people who just use applications on their computers
> though. Any suggestion?

Most systems do this by role based security. You might want to have a look
at the LSM patch and the NSA security module, as well perhaps at the RSBAC
security project. The LSM and NSA modules can I suspect not only deal with
connect based cases but a lot more
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