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bridge: add root port blocking

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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>
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stephen hemminger 2012-11-13 07:53:08 +00:00 • committed by David S. Miller
parent a2e01a65cd
commit 1007dd1aa5
5 changed files with 29 additions and 2 deletions
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include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
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@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ enum {
IFLA_BRPORT_COST, /* " cost */
IFLA_BRPORT_MODE, /* mode (hairpin) */
IFLA_BRPORT_GUARD, /* bpdu guard */
IFLA_BRPORT_PROTECT, /* root port protection */
__IFLA_BRPORT_MAX
};
#define IFLA_BRPORT_MAX (__IFLA_BRPORT_MAX - 1)