| Allows a process to perform network configuration |
| operations: |
| - interface configuration |
| - administration of IP firewall, masquerading and |
| accounting |
| - setting debug options on sockets |
| - modification of routing tables |
| - setting arbitrary process, and process group |
| ownership on sockets |
| - binding to any address for transparent proxying |
| (this is also allowed via CAP_NET_RAW) |
| - setting TOS (Type of service) |
| - setting promiscuous mode |
| - clearing driver statistics |
| - multicasing |
| - read/write of device-specific registers |
| - activation of ATM control sockets |