netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Make more commands available to unprivileged processes

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Message-Id: <20120612.185240.1347679260905366274.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:52:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Make more commands available to
 unprivileged processes

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:05:41 +0100

> 'Get' commands should generally not require CAP_NET_ADMIN, with
> the exception of those that expose internal state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> ---
> The one command I'm not sure about is ETHTOOL_STATS.  It might reveal
> too much detail about network traffic.  That said, /proc/net/dev and
> /sys/class/net/*/statistics are already world-readable.

Applied, it just means we need to scrutinize what people put into the
stats a little bit more.
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