[redhat-lspp] Re: DOCUMENTATION OF SECID RECONCILIATION AND FLOW CONTROL FOR POLICY WRITERS

[Venkat Yekkirala]

Venkat Yekkirala wrote:
> DOCUMENTATION OF SECID RECONCILIATION AND FLOW CONTROL FOR POLICY WRITERS:
> 
> ON INBOUND:
> 
> 1. PACKETS ENTERING SYSTEM FROM A NON-LOOPBACK DEVICE:
> 
>    Can a packet "carrying" external domain label x_t "flow_in" thru the
>    security point with the peer domain label p_d_t?
> 
> 	NOTE:
> 	a. x_t defaults to unlabeled_t, if no external label.
> 	b. p_d_t defaults to network_t in the absence of any applicable
> 	   [conn]secmark rules for the packet. If there are multiple
> 	   secmark rules applicable to a packet, the context on the LAST
> 	   rule will apply.
> 
>    NO: Drop packet.
>    YES: If no external label, let packet "carry" p_d_t.
> 
> 2. INPUT ONLY: Can a socket "recv" a packet from domain p_d_t?
> 
>    NO: Drop packet.
>    YES: If setting up a tcp connection, set peer context to p_d_t.
> 
> ON OUTBOUND:
> 
> 1. Let packet "carry" the originating socket domain label.
> 
> 2. IPSEC Handling:
> 
>    LABELED IPSEC: If packet "polmatch"es to an otherwise applicable and
>    labeled SPD entry, choose a Security Association (SA) with the SAME context
>    as the domain label being carried by packet.
> 	NOTE: If no such SA present, call into IKE with context on packet.
> 
>    NON-LABELED (PLAIN/TRADITIONAL) IPSEC: If there's an applicable SPD entry
>    that does NOT have an explicit context associated with it, an applicable SA
>    that does NOT have an explicit context associated with it is chosen.
> 	NOTE: If no such SA present, call into IKE, but with NO context.
> 
> 3. PACKETS DESTINED FOR NON-LOOPBACK DEVICE:
> 
>    a. IPTABLES Processing:
>       As EACH applicable iptables [CONN]SECMARK rule with domain p_d_t is
>       encountered, do the following:
>    
>       Can a packet carrying domain label a_t "flow_out" of the security point
>       with the domain label p_d_t?
>    
>          NO: Drop packet.
>          YES: Replace the domain label a_t on the packet with the security point
>               label p_d_t.
> 
>    b. Before a packet is let out of the system:
> 
>       Can a packet with domain label p_d_t "flow_out" into the network domain
>       network_t?
> 
>       NO: Drop packet.
>       YES: Let packet out.
> 
>       NOTE: Ideally this check should be applicable only to packets that
>             didn't go thru [conn]secmark checks for outbound, but there's
>             currently no way to know this due to implementation constrains.
>             Hence a blanket check for ALL packets leaving the system.
> 
> 
> FORWARDED TRAFFIC:
> 
> Forwarded Traffic will undergo the following:
> 
> 1. Step 1 under ON INBOUND.
> 
> 2. Steps 2 and 3 under ON OUTBOUND.
      NOTE: The iptables FORWARD chain is treated as an outbound chain
            for flow control purposes. That means forwarded traffic would
            need to be flow-controlled/labeled when it comes into the system
            using an applicable rule in the PREROUTING chain, and flow-controlled
            before it leaves the system using rules either in the FORWARD chain
            or the POSTROUTING chain.
>