OVS plugin security filtering

Registered by dan wendlandt

OVS does not play nicely with ebtables + iptables. Thus, mechanisms that rely on ebtables and iptables for filtering (e.g., security groups, and basic limiting of VM spoofing handled by nova) won't work correctly. One strategy would be to use a different strategy for vif-plugging in nova that actually plugins each vif into its own instance of the linux bridge, which would then be "uplinked" to an OVS bridge that does the tunneling. Another more complex strategy would be to try and re-implement this same filtering in OVS.

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Status:
Complete
Approver:
dan wendlandt
Priority:
Medium
Drafter:
None
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
None
Definition:
Obsolete
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Not started
Milestone target:
None
Completed by
dan wendlandt

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currently this is being handled by the hybrid vif driver.

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