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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] IP: Make ping sockets optional
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:27:12 +0200
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Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> Userspace can't assume it now because access is controlled by a sysctl.
> 
> I think it is for distributions to choose whether to enable this feature
> in ping and the kernel.

I am not (yet) buying this argument.

Saying 'you need to change sysctl foo for this to work' in a program manpage
is a lot different than 'you need to recompile the kernel'.