Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 May 2016 11:57:26 +0200 | From | Pablo Neira Ayuso <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: allow logging from non-init namespaces |
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Hi Michal,
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 02:48:02PM +0200, Michal Kubecek wrote: > Commit 69b34fb996b2 ("netfilter: xt_LOG: add net namespace support for > xt_LOG") disabled logging packets using the LOG target from non-init > namespaces. The motivation was to prevent containers from flooding > kernel log of the host. The plan was to keep it that way until syslog > namespace implementation allows containers to log in a safe way. > > However, the work on syslog namespace seems to have hit a dead end > somewhere in 2013 and there are users who want to use xt_LOG in all > network namespaces. This patch allows to do so by setting
I understand this stuff is tricky. Did you contact already namespace folks to see if they plan any move on this?
> /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log_all_netns
My only concern with this is that I don't see how users know what log message has triggered from what container.
Thanks!
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