diff --git a/cmd/policygen/config.go b/cmd/policygen/config.go
index 377a701..6672c9f 100644
--- a/cmd/policygen/config.go
+++ b/cmd/policygen/config.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
+	yaml "github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type Port struct {
 
 // Network represents each network entry in the YAML
 type Network struct {
-	Name   string `yaml:"name" validate:"required"`
+	Name   string `yaml:"name" validate:"required,applicationName"`
 	CIDR   CIDR   `yaml:"cidr"`
 	Except []CIDR `yaml:"except,omitempty" validate:"dive,required"`
 	Ports  []Port `yaml:"ports,omitempty"  validate:"dive,required"`
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type MatchExpression struct {
 }
 
 type Application struct {
-	Name        string            `yaml:"name"`
+	Name        string            `yaml:"name" validate:"required,applicationName"`
 	Ports       []Port            `yaml:"ports,omitempty"`
 	MatchLabels map[string]string `yaml:"matchLabels"`
 	//MatchExpressions []MatchExpression `yaml:"matchExpressions" validate:"omitempty,dive"`
@@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ func (a Application) Selector() *metav1.LabelSelector {
 }
 
 type Namespace struct {
-	Name         string         `yaml:"name"`
-	Open         bool           `yaml:"open"`
+	Name string `yaml:"name"`
+	// Open closed for network policies
+	Open bool `yaml:"open"`
+	// service mesh, authorized True or not (allow anything)
+	Authorized   bool           `yaml:"authorized"`
 	Capabilities []string       `yaml:"capabilities"`
 	Applications []*Application `yaml:"applications" validate:"dive,required"`
 }
diff --git a/cmd/policygen/validator.go b/cmd/policygen/validator.go
index 36f1bf7..4f38dcf 100644
--- a/cmd/policygen/validator.go
+++ b/cmd/policygen/validator.go
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/go-playground/locales/en"
 	ut "github.com/go-playground/universal-translator"
-	"github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
+	validator "github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
 	en_translations "github.com/go-playground/validator/v10/translations/en"
+	"regexp"
 )
 
 type Validator struct {
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ var translations = map[string]Translation{
 			return []any{fe.Namespace(), fe.Param(), fe.Value()}
 		},
 	},
+	"applicationName": {
+		"{0} must not end with -p[0-9]+$ to prevent conflicts with generated resource names",
+		func(fe validator.FieldError) []any {
+			return []any{fe.Namespace()}
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 type TranslatedFieldError struct {
@@ -48,8 +55,21 @@ func (e TranslatedFieldError) Error() string {
 	return e.msg
 }
 
+func applicationNameValidator(fl validator.FieldLevel) bool {
+	// Get the field's value as string
+	value := fl.Field().String()
+	regexString := "-p[0-9]+$"
+	regex, err := regexp.Compile(regexString)
+	if err != nil {
+		// programming error
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return !regex.MatchString(value)
+}
+
 func NewValidator() (*Validator, error) {
 	validate := validator.New(validator.WithRequiredStructEnabled())
+	validate.RegisterValidation("applicationName", applicationNameValidator)
 	language := en.New()
 	translator := ut.New(language, language)
 	trans, ok := translator.GetTranslator("en")
diff --git a/example/config.yaml b/example/config.yaml
index c62b4f7..295662b 100644
--- a/example/config.yaml
+++ b/example/config.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ namespaces:
   - name: openns
     open: true
     applications:
+      - name: myapp
+        matchLabels:
+          app: myapp
       - name: openapp
         ports:
           - port: 100