Re: Possibility to adjust the only-root-can-bind-to-port-under-1024 limit

[Mikael Ståldal]

Casey Schaufler skrev:
> > How do you protect ports greater than 1024 from any user binding to them?
> > E.g. port 1080.
>
> Should the OS manage port number allocations? I don't think so
> based on the notion of ports being names in an uncontrolled flat
> namespace. The whole problem is that people want to make assumptions
> about the applications providing services on a particular port, and
> no amount of OS control is going to solve that one.

This means that the OS should allow any user to bind to all ports, even those <1024.

/Mikael
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