REQUEST: modularize packet socket

[Chuck Anderson]

On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 05:54:20PM +0200, george Nopicture wrote:
> Hello. Since fedora aims to be one of the most secure distros, i
> think packet socket support should be configured and compiled as a
> module. Therefore one that needs to use nmap,tcpdump,wireshark and
> other sniffing tools will still be able to do so but another who
> doesn't want to will be able to blacklist the module. Just a thought
> but  i would appreciate a reply. Thanks.

I believe dhclient needs the packet filter and packet socket options.
Given that DHCP is pretty universal, modularizing packet socket may
not make any sense.