netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: allow CAP_NET_RAW to set socket options IP{,V6}

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Message-Id: <20111020.182214.629562655202957174.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:22:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	zenczykowski@...il.com
Cc:	maze@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: allow CAP_NET_RAW to set socket options
 IP{,V6}_TRANSPARENT

From: Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:10:14 -0700

> From: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>
> 
> Up till now the IP{,V6}_TRANSPARENT socket options (which actually set
> the same bit in the socket struct) have required CAP_NET_ADMIN
> privileges to set or clear the option.
> 
> - we make clearing the bit not require any privileges.
> - we allow CAP_NET_ADMIN to set the bit (as before this change)
> - we allow CAP_NET_RAW to set this bit, because raw
>   sockets already pretty much effectively allow you
>   to emulate socket transparency.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks.
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