From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E946EC43381 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:15:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B424421841 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:15:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727937AbfCULPS (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:15:18 -0400 Received: from orbyte.nwl.cc ([151.80.46.58]:39632 "EHLO orbyte.nwl.cc" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727891AbfCULPS (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:15:18 -0400 Received: from n0-1 by orbyte.nwl.cc with local (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1h6vfH-0007jd-Pl; Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:15:15 +0100 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:15:15 +0100 From: Phil Sutter To: Pablo Neira Ayuso Cc: Fernando Fernandez Mancera , netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH nft v2 1/6] osf: add version fingerprint support Message-ID: <20190321111515.GJ4851@orbyte.nwl.cc> Mail-Followup-To: Phil Sutter , Pablo Neira Ayuso , Fernando Fernandez Mancera , netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org References: <20190314201309.iqdyb7icreyyhhke@salvia> <20190314200737.erhjrhoaciclapsn@salvia> <27D82259-F921-48E0-A718-A08E2BCCAACD@riseup.net> <20190315100333.GD3511@orbyte.nwl.cc> <20190315171328.c5xgazye2hattjxr@salvia> <20190318174243.GT4851@orbyte.nwl.cc> <20190319110624.dy7wqatdtrxy3452@salvia> <20190320134654.GD4851@orbyte.nwl.cc> <20190321083245.lndl3sjq47pajaza@salvia> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190321083245.lndl3sjq47pajaza@salvia> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 09:32:45AM +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 02:46:54PM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote: > [...] > > Speaking of sets, it would be awesome if we could support something > > like: > > > > | osf genre { "Linux:2.4", "Windows" } > > We can support something like this: > > osf version { "Linux:2.4", "Windows\*" } > > where the wildcard specifies any Windows version. > > We need a new set type though, to deal with strings. Given that RHS for osf expression is a string in any option we discussed so far this is inevitable, right? > > i.e., having elements with varying "granularity". Do you think that's > > feasible? If so, how could we support that? Maybe using a concatenation > > like: > > > > | osf name . osf version { "Linux" . "2.4", "Windows" . "*" } > > Not sure we want this level of granularity. Matching the version > without no OS genre does not look useful when I look at how the osf > engine works. I'd prefer we go for the first approach you have > mentioned here above. I agree. It looks nice on paper, but without further optimization in background it leads to multiple fingerprint lookups for the same package. Cheers, Phil