linux/include
stephen hemminger 1007dd1aa5 bridge: add root port blocking
This is Linux bridge implementation of root port guard.
If BPDU is received from a leaf (edge) port, it should not
be elected as root port.

Why would you want to do this?
If using STP on a bridge and the downstream bridges are not fully
trusted; this prevents a hostile guest for rerouting traffic.

Why not just use netfilter?
Netfilter does not track of follow spanning tree decisions.
It would be difficult and error prone to try and mirror STP
resolution in netfilter module.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-11-14 20:20:44 -05:00
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acpi Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux 2012-10-08 07:14:06 +09:00
asm-generic UAPI: Remove empty non-UAPI Kbuild files 2012-10-17 12:31:15 +01:00
clocksource
crypto Merge branch 'modules-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux 2012-10-14 13:39:34 -07:00
drm drm/radeon: add some new SI PCI ids 2012-10-23 10:23:49 -04:00
keys KEYS: Asymmetric key pluggable data parsers 2012-10-08 13:50:13 +10:30
linux net: unify for_each_ip_tunnel_rcu() 2012-11-14 18:49:50 -05:00
math-emu
media Merge branch 'exynos-drm-next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/kmpark/linux-samsung into drm-next 2012-10-07 21:06:33 +10:00
memory
misc
net net: convert __IPTUNNEL_XMIT() to an inline function 2012-11-14 18:49:50 -05:00
pcmcia
ras
rdma infiniband: pass rdma_cm module to netlink_dump_start 2012-10-07 00:30:56 -04:00
rxrpc
scsi SCSI misc on 20121012 2012-10-13 10:57:01 +09:00
sound ALSA: Add a reference counter to card instance 2012-10-30 11:07:10 +01:00
target
trace xen/mmu: Use Xen specific TLB flush instead of the generic one. 2012-10-31 12:38:31 -04:00
uapi bridge: add root port blocking 2012-11-14 20:20:44 -05:00
video fbdev updates for 3.7 2012-10-12 10:21:02 +09:00
xen Bug-fixes: 2012-10-24 05:17:27 +03:00
Kbuild UAPI: Remove empty non-UAPI Kbuild files 2012-10-17 12:31:15 +01:00