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Namespaces in operation, part 2: the namespaces API

Namespaces in operation, part 2: the namespaces API

Posted Jan 9, 2013 1:24 UTC (Wed) by hallyn (subscriber, #22558)
In reply to: Namespaces in operation, part 2: the namespaces API by justincormack
Parent article: Namespaces in operation, part 2: the namespaces API

> eg if you create a new user ns and new netns can you say use ping or other root-requiring network ops?

Yes - but only with nics owned by your new network namespace. Which means nics which you create (which won't be hooked into the parent ns), or nics which a privileged task in the parent netns passed into your ns.


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Namespaces in operation, part 2: the namespaces API

Posted Jan 17, 2013 3:03 UTC (Thu) by kevinm (guest, #69913) [Link]

So with a VPN (or IPv6 tunnel) endpoint that uses TUN/TAP, you could bring up your VPN and pingflood away to your heart's content.

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