Re: [PATCH 2/2] Bluetooth: Default to no security with L2CAP RAW sockets

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Hi Johan,

> L2CAP RAW sockets can be used for things which do not involve
> establishing actual connection oriented L2CAP channels. One example of
> such usage is the l2ping tool. The default security level for L2CAP
> sockets is LOW, which implies that for SSP based connection
> authentication is still requested (although with no MITM requirement),
> which is not what we want (or need) for things like l2ping. Therefore,
> default to one lower level, i.e. BT_SECURITY_SDP, for L2CAP RAW sockets
> in order not to trigger unwanted authentication requests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

patch has been applied to bluetooth-next tree.

Regards

Marcel

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