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

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Date:	Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:19:39 -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 20:32:31 -0700

> Are you okay with the patch without any warnings or deprecation markings?
> Or are you against opening up CAP_NET_RAW to this in general?

I don't see any real benefit.

If it has been decided that you can't create a new capability for
tproxy, so that tasks can be segregated out of these more powerful
networking capability levels, I simply don't see the point.

A process with CAP_NET_RAW can spit whatever crap they want onto the
network, and receive all packets with impunity.

I can't see what this buys us at all, sorry.
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