Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce a sysctl that modifies the value of PROT_SOCK.

From: Krister Johansen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 02:19:27 -0800

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 12:55:05PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 20:11:11 -0800
> Krister Johansen <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> >  
> > +config LOWPORT_SYSCTL
> > +	bool "Adjust reserved port range via sysctl"
> > +	depends on SYSCTL
> > +	help
> > +	  This allows the administrator to adjust the reserved port range
> > +	  using a sysctl.
> 
> This looks like a good idea, and makes a lot of sense.
> 
> Please don't introduce yet another config option. All distro's will enable it anyway.
> Having more config options doesn't help reliability or testability.
> 
> Do or do not, please no new config options.

I'd be happy to take it out.  It simplifies things for me.  I had
anticipated that there would be objections to permitting software to get
around the current priviliged port restrictions, and thought that
perhaps as a compromise having it be compile time option would ease some
of those concerns.

-K