cket side MEDIUM is already enough for authentication. However, for the clients we really want to prefer the server side to decide the authentication requrement in most cases, and since most client sockets use MEDIUM it's better to be avoided on the kernel side for these sockets. The important socket to request it for is the dedicated bonding one and that socket uses HIGH security level. The patch is based on the initial investigation and patch proposal from Andrei Emeltchenko . Signed-off-by: Johan Hedberg Acked-by: Marcel Holtmann Signed-off-by: Gustavo F. Padovan ŸÙ-ƒ–)x