Bringing interfaces up at boot and SElinux (?)

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If i have a machine which are configured to start eth0 on boot, using
dhcp - but the dhcp server is down but link is up (such as "router/dhcp
lost power, but the switch is OK" scenario), it takes a while before
this condition is detected (and thankfully, it is reported - instead of
just hanging on the "welcome" screen as i have witnessed windows do). No
problem, or anything new so far.

But: It seems like it then tries to ping something - but an error
message is printed to rhgb: "could not create ICMP socket - denied" (i
am writing from memory here...) - could this be related to SELinux? Can
anybody confirm? My knowledge of SELinux is very small.

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