From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesse White Subject: ICMPv6 sockets Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 11:02:50 -0500 Message-ID: <566C452A.5000204@opennms.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail2.opennms.com ([64.34.187.168]:55421 "EHLO mail2.opennms.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751297AbbLLQJD (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Dec 2015 11:09:03 -0500 Received: from [172.23.1.103] (cpe-45-37-71-140.nc.res.rr.com [45.37.71.140]) by mail2.opennms.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 41ED9A0096A for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2015 11:05:26 -0500 (EST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi all, Support for IPPROTO_ICMP socket binds was added in commit c319b4d76b9e583a5d88d6bf190e079c4e43213d which allow for process to send ICMP_ECHO messages (and receive the corresponding ICMP_ECHOREPLY messages) without any special privileges. There doesn't appear to be any similar functionality for IPPROTO_ICMPV6. Would the net maintainers be open to including a patch that adds similar support for ICMPv6? Thanks, Jesse