netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ieee802154: lowpan_header

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Date:   Sun, 23 Dec 2018 15:53:37 -0500
From:   Alexander Aring <aring@...atatu.com>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, alex.aring@...il.com,
        jukka.rissanen@...ux.intel.com,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ieee802154: lowpan_header_create check must check
 daddr

Hi,

...

> I need to admit, I never tried AF_PACKET on a lowpan interface but I
> thought about it that it ends in bad things... I would like to forbid
> it, because they should use RAW IPv6 sockets where at least we already
> have code to check that we have at least a IPv6 header at
> skb_packer_header() (I hope this is how it works).
> 
> Is there any way to do that?
> 

At least forbid the sending via AF_PACKET, receiving has of course a
use case for all protocol analyzers outside.

- Alex