[tor-commits] [ooni-probe/master] Test for raw socket permission

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commit 5eb60817a2ed1771adf2a11ba3fe4041ed5a3df8
Author: aagbsn <aagbsn at extc.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 18 02:23:11 2013 +0100

    Test for raw socket permission
---
 ooni/utils/txscapy.py |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ooni/utils/txscapy.py b/ooni/utils/txscapy.py
index 62bde94..d57a54b 100644
--- a/ooni/utils/txscapy.py
+++ b/ooni/utils/txscapy.py
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ def getDefaultIface():
             return net.iface
     raise IfaceError
 
+def hasRawSocketPermission():
+    from scapy.all import IP, send
+    try:
+        send(IP(src="1.2.3.4", dst="127.0.0.1"))
+        return True
+    except (socket.error, OSError):
+        return False
+
 class ProtocolNotRegistered(Exception):
     pass