On 25 Jan 2002, Timothy Wood wrote:

> Question. I noticed you said "routing messages". Ok, two questions
> really. First off what does routing messages have to do with raising
> the interface?

The option listed as "Routing messages", aka CONFIG_RTNETLINK, allows user space programs to receive routing information over netlink sockets. The RH7.2 networking utilities expect this support to be present. I don't know why they can't gracefully recover when it isn't available.

>Secondly, why is the routing messages not mentioned in
> the install readme? Because the install mentions netlink, which I
> kindly made certain was built into the kernel and why I so greatly
> protested that I was not stupid enough to have missed something in the
> readme I so carefully followed to the letter.

It was an oversight in the README that was in the 12/10/2001 release, and was fixed in the README before the 1/18/2002 release. Of course, it is now irrelevant for the 2.4-based SELinux because the two netlink options have been mainstreamed in 2.4.17.

>Also, you mentioned there
> was a new version of the lsm out and I just downloaded the one I have
> now only like a week ago. So am I going to the wrong place for all this
> stuff or what? The NSA site is the right place correct?

The NSA SELinux web site was updated on 1/18/2002. So if you downloaded the release prior to that date, you would have obtained the prior release, which was made on 12/10/2001. Yes, the NSA web site is the right place, but new releases have been relatively frequent to track new kernel versions and other developments.

> At any rate it IS working now and I feel terrible that I wasted
> everyone's time. I would like to suggest that the install readme be
> updated though and I would be happy to do it if someone would tell me
> where I can submit the change. Thanks again everyone.

It was already fixed.

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Stephen D. Smalley, NAI Labs
ssmalley@nai.com




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