Hi, On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 11:16:50AM +0200, Steffan Karger wrote: > So I'm really not in favour of retaining CAP_NET_ADMIN "just in case". > I would even like to be able to not retain it at all.
I hear what you say, and I support that line of thought.
Alas, with current Linux-DCO, we need this for fiddling all the DCO bits
(keys / key renewal! / peer-id / install/update peers), as this is done
via netlink, and netlink requires CAP_NET_ADMIN.
To get around that we'd need to find a communication channel to
(Linux-)DCO that does not require privileges after initial setup
("hey, DCO, give me a socket that does not need privileges") and
rewrite quite a bit... I'm sure that Antonio will be thrilled by
that new challenge... :-)
gert
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feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted
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