diff --git a/Documentation/Smack.txt b/Documentation/Smack.txt
index 989c2fc..629c92e 100644
--- a/Documentation/Smack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/Smack.txt
@@ -184,14 +184,16 @@ length. Single character labels using special characters, that being anything
 other than a letter or digit, are reserved for use by the Smack development
 team. Smack labels are unstructured, case sensitive, and the only operation
 ever performed on them is comparison for equality. Smack labels cannot
-contain unprintable characters or the "/" (slash) character.
+contain unprintable characters or the "/" (slash) character. Smack labels
+cannot begin with a '-', which is reserved for special options.
 
 There are some predefined labels:
 
-	_ Pronounced "floor", a single underscore character.
-	^ Pronounced "hat", a single circumflex character.
-	* Pronounced "star", a single asterisk character.
-	? Pronounced "huh", a single question mark character.
+	_ 	Pronounced "floor", a single underscore character.
+	^ 	Pronounced "hat", a single circumflex character.
+	* 	Pronounced "star", a single asterisk character.
+	? 	Pronounced "huh", a single question mark character.
+	@ 	Pronounced "Internet", a single at sign character.
 
 Every task on a Smack system is assigned a label. System tasks, such as
 init(8) and systems daemons, are run with the floor ("_") label. User tasks
@@ -412,6 +414,36 @@ sockets.
 	A privileged program may set this to match the label of another
 	task with which it hopes to communicate.
 
+Smack Netlabel Exceptions
+
+You will often find that your labeled application has to talk to the outside,
+unlabeled world. To do this there's a special file /smack/netlabel where you can
+add some exceptions in the form of :
+@IP1	   LABEL1 or
+@IP2/MASK  LABEL2
+
+It means that your application will have unlabeled access to @IP1 if it has
+write access on LABEL1, and access to the subnet @IP2/MASK if it has write
+access on LABEL2.
+
+Entries in the /smack/netlabel file are matched by longest mask first, like in
+classless IPv4 routing.
+
+A special label '@' and an option '-CIPSO' can be used there :
+@      means Internet, any application with any label has access to it
+-CIPSO means standard CIPSO networking
+
+If you don't know what CIPSO is and don't plan to use it, you can just do :
+echo 127.0.0.1 -CIPSO > /smack/netlabel
+echo 0.0.0.0/0 @      > /smack/netlabel
+
+If you use CIPSO on your 192.168.0.0/16 local network and need also unlabeled
+Internet access, you can have :
+echo 127.0.0.1      -CIPSO > /smack/netlabel
+echo 192.168.0.0/16 -CIPSO > /smack/netlabel
+echo 0.0.0.0/0      @      > /smack/netlabel
+
+
 Writing Applications for Smack
 
 There are three sorts of applications that will run on a Smack system. How an
diff --git a/security/smack/smack.h b/security/smack/smack.h
index 5e5a3bc..42ef313 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack.h
+++ b/security/smack/smack.h
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ struct smack_known {
 #define XATTR_NAME_SMACKIPIN	XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_SMACK_IPIN
 #define XATTR_NAME_SMACKIPOUT	XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_SMACK_IPOUT
 
+#define SMACK_CIPSO_OPTION 	"-CIPSO"
+
 /*
  * How communications on this socket are treated.
  * Usually it's determined by the underlying netlabel code
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ u32 smack_to_secid(const char *);
 extern int smack_cipso_direct;
 extern char *smack_net_ambient;
 extern char *smack_onlycap;
+extern const char *smack_cipso_option;
 
 extern struct smack_known smack_known_floor;
 extern struct smack_known smack_known_hat;
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_access.c b/security/smack/smack_access.c
index 5856419..ac0a270 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_access.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_access.c
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ char *smk_import(const char *string, int len)
 {
 	struct smack_known *skp;
 
+	/* labels cannot begin with a '-' */
+	if (string[0] == '-')
+		return NULL;
 	skp = smk_import_entry(string, len);
 	if (skp == NULL)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 8ed502c..9215149 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ static int smack_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	    strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SMACKIPOUT) == 0) {
 		if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
 			rc = -EPERM;
+		/* a label cannot be void and cannot begin with '-' */
+		if (size == 0 || (size > 0 && ((char *)value)[0] == '-'))
+			rc = -EINVAL;
 	} else
 		rc = cap_inode_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
 
@@ -1323,8 +1326,12 @@ static char *smack_host_label(struct sockaddr_in *sip)
 		* so we have found the most specific match
 		*/
 		if ((&snp->smk_host.sin_addr)->s_addr ==
-		    (siap->s_addr & (&snp->smk_mask)->s_addr))
+		    (siap->s_addr & (&snp->smk_mask)->s_addr)) {
+			/* we have found the special CIPSO option */
+			if (snp->smk_label == smack_cipso_option)
+				return NULL;
 			return snp->smk_label;
+		}
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -1486,7 +1493,7 @@ static int smack_inode_setsecurity(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	struct socket *sock;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	if (value == NULL || size > SMK_LABELLEN)
+	if (value == NULL || size > SMK_LABELLEN || size == 0)
 		return -EACCES;
 
 	sp = smk_import(value, size);
diff --git a/security/smack/smackfs.c b/security/smack/smackfs.c
index 856c8a2..e03a7e1 100644
--- a/security/smack/smackfs.c
+++ b/security/smack/smackfs.c
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ LIST_HEAD(smack_rule_list);
 
 static int smk_cipso_doi_value = SMACK_CIPSO_DOI_DEFAULT;
 
+const char *smack_cipso_option = SMACK_CIPSO_OPTION;
+
+
 #define	SEQ_READ_FINISHED	1
 
 /*
@@ -565,6 +568,11 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_cipso(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		goto unlockedout;
 	}
 
+	/* labels cannot begin with a '-' */
+	if (data[0] == '-') {
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlockedout;
+	}
 	data[count] = '\0';
 	rule = data;
 	/*
@@ -808,9 +816,18 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_netlbladdr(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (m > BEBITS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	sp = smk_import(smack, 0);
-	if (sp == NULL)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	/* if smack begins with '-', its an option, don't import it */
+	if (smack[0] != '-') {
+		sp = smk_import(smack, 0);
+		if (sp == NULL)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		/* check known options */
+		if (strcmp(smack, smack_cipso_option) == 0)
+			sp = (char *)smack_cipso_option;
+		else
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	for (temp_mask = 0; m > 0; m--) {
 		temp_mask |= mask_bits;
@@ -849,18 +866,23 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_netlbladdr(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			smk_netlbladdr_insert(skp);
 		}
 	} else {
-		rc = netlbl_cfg_unlbl_static_del(&init_net, NULL,
-			&skp->smk_host.sin_addr, &skp->smk_mask,
-			PF_INET, &audit_info);
+		/* we delete the unlabeled entry, only if the previous label
+		 * wasnt the special CIPSO option */
+		if (skp->smk_label != smack_cipso_option)
+			rc = netlbl_cfg_unlbl_static_del(&init_net, NULL,
+					&skp->smk_host.sin_addr, &skp->smk_mask,
+					PF_INET, &audit_info);
+		else
+			rc = 0;
 		skp->smk_label = sp;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Now tell netlabel about the single label nature of
 	 * this host so that incoming packets get labeled.
+	 * but only if we didn't get the special CIPSO option
 	 */
-
-	if (rc == 0)
+	if (rc == 0 && sp != smack_cipso_option)
 		rc = netlbl_cfg_unlbl_static_add(&init_net, NULL,
 			&skp->smk_host.sin_addr, &skp->smk_mask, PF_INET,
 			smack_to_secid(skp->smk_label), &audit_info);
