netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: don't require root to read tcp

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:58:38 -0400
From:	"Banerjee, Debabrata" <dbanerje@...mai.com>
To:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: don't require root to read tcp_metrics

Hi,

On 7/30/14, 3:33 PM, "Julian Anastasov" <ja@....bg> wrote:
>On Wed, 30 Jul 2014, Debabrata Banerjee wrote:
>
>> commit d23ff701643a4a725e2c7a8ba2d567d39daa29ea introduced netlink
>>support for
>> the new tcp_metrics, however it restricted getting of tcp_metrics to
>>root user
>> only. This is a change from how these values could have been fetched
>>when in
>> the old route cache. Unless there's a legitimate reason to restrict the
>>reading
>> of these values it would be better if normal users could fetch them.
>
>	Not sure how fatal is to show TCP fastopen cookies to
>any user. Otherwise, I don't remember for other restrictions.


TFO cookie as reported is sent in the clear in the tcp header. It is not
the secret/key used to generate the cookie, so this should be fine.

-Debabrata

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