Re: [PATCH] net-icmp: remove ping_group_range sysctl

2019-09-24 Thread David Miller
From: Maciej Żenczykowski Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:47:00 +0200 >> Removing this is going to break things, you can't just remove a sysctl >> because "oh it was a bad idea to add this, sorry." > > Yeah, I know... but do you have any other suggestions? > > Would you take an alternative to make th

Re: [PATCH] net-icmp: remove ping_group_range sysctl

2019-09-24 Thread Maciej Żenczykowski
> Removing this is going to break things, you can't just remove a sysctl > because "oh it was a bad idea to add this, sorry." Yeah, I know... but do you have any other suggestions? Would you take an alternative to make the default wide opened? The current sysctl just doesn't work. It can even p

Re: [PATCH] net-icmp: remove ping_group_range sysctl

2019-09-24 Thread David Miller
Removing this is going to break things, you can't just remove a sysctl because "oh it was a bad idea to add this, sorry."

[PATCH] net-icmp: remove ping_group_range sysctl

2019-09-19 Thread Maciej Żenczykowski
From: Maciej Żenczykowski It is high time to make icmp sockets available to all, and thus allow utilities like ping, ping6, traceroute and others to not require suid root nor file system (or otherwise gained) CAP_NET_RAW privs. While in the past there have been a number of exploits, extensive sy