On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 04:18:13PM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> From: Jiri Bohac <jbo...@suse.cz>
> 
> A simple connection tracking helper for SLP. Marks replies to a
> SLP broadcast query as ESTABLISHED to allow them to pass through the
> firewall.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Bohac <jbo...@suse.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jsl...@suse.cz>
> Cc: netfilter-de...@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: netfil...@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: coret...@netfilter.org
> Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <da...@davemloft.net>
> Cc: Patrick McHardy <ka...@trash.net>
> Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pa...@netfilter.org>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/Kconfig            |  15 +++++
>  net/netfilter/Makefile           |   1 +
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_slp.c | 131 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 147 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_slp.c
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
> index 56d22ca..ec61b30 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
> @@ -320,6 +320,21 @@ config NF_CONNTRACK_TFTP
>  
>         To compile it as a module, choose M here.  If unsure, say N.
>  
> +config NF_CONNTRACK_SLP
> +     tristate "SLP protocol support"
> +     depends on NF_CONNTRACK
> +     depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
> +     help
> +       SLP queries are sometimes sent as broadcast messages from an
> +       unprivileged port and responded to with unicast messages to the
> +       same port. This make them hard to firewall properly because connection
> +       tracking doesn't deal with broadcasts. This helper tracks locally
> +       originating broadcast SLP queries and the corresponding
> +       responses. It relies on correct IP address configuration, specifically
> +       netmask and broadcast address.

We have the user-space helper infrastructure in the conntrack-tools,
this helper has to go there.
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