netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH] IP: Make ping sockets optional

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Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:27:12 +0200
From:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] IP: Make ping sockets optional

Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:
> Userspace can't assume it now because access is controlled by a sysctl.
> 
> I think it is for distributions to choose whether to enable this feature
> in ping and the kernel.

I am not (yet) buying this argument.

Saying 'you need to change sysctl foo for this to work' in a program manpage
is a lot different than 'you need to recompile the kernel'.
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