netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: change capability used by socket options IP{,V6}

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Date:	Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:34:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	zenczykowski@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bazsi@...abit.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: change capability used by socket options
 IP{,V6}_TRANSPARENT

From: Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:31:06 -0700

>> A process with CAP_NET_RAW can spit whatever crap they want onto the
>> network, and receive all packets with impunity.
> 
> Agreed.  But it can do so via raw sockets, it cannot do so via normal
> udp/tcp/ip sockets.
> That's why I'd like to relax the permissions check on being able to
> switch a socket
> into transparent mode.  A process with CAP_NET_RAW can already pretty
> much emulate
> that behaviour by using raw sockets - it just can't do that using the
> higher level, often more
> usable/useful socket/protocol apis.
> 
>> I can't see what this buys us at all, sorry.
> 
> See above.

Ok, I'm convinced, send me that patch without the warning messages.

Thanks.
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