Permissions to protect bandwidth statistics.
Introduces new "net_bw_stats" group which will protect reading
detailed bandwidth statistics from the kernel. Also introduce
"net_bw_acct" group which will enable specific applications to
request that their network traffic be counted against other UIDs.
This change associates manifest permissions with the low-level GIDs.
Change-Id: If3fc28053afda201ff305d798a8878ff1f35b997
diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index 47902a8..53e063a 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1393,6 +1393,14 @@
android:description="@string/permdesc_manageNetworkPolicy"
android:protectionLevel="signature" />
+ <!-- Allows an application to account its network traffic against other UIDs. Used
+ by system services like download manager and media server. Not for use by
+ third party apps. @hide -->
+ <permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_NETWORK_ACCOUNTING"
+ android:label="@string/permlab_modifyNetworkAccounting"
+ android:description="@string/permdesc_modifyNetworkAccounting"
+ android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem" />
+
<!-- C2DM permission.
@hide Used internally.
-->
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/strings.xml b/core/res/res/values/strings.xml
index b5f4084..a525ee3 100755
--- a/core/res/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1443,6 +1443,11 @@
<!-- Description of an application permission, listed so the user can choose whether they want to allow the application to do this. -->
<string name="permdesc_manageNetworkPolicy">Allows an application to manage network policies and define application-specific rules.</string>
+ <!-- Title of an application permission, listed so the user can choose whether they want to allow the application to do this. -->
+ <string name="permlab_modifyNetworkAccounting">modify network usage accounting</string>
+ <!-- Description of an application permission, listed so the user can choose whether they want to allow the application to do this. -->
+ <string name="permdesc_modifyNetworkAccounting">Allows modification of how network usage is accounted against applications. Not for use by normal applications.</string>
+
<!-- Policy administration -->
<!-- Title of policy access to limiting the user's password choices -->