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Date:      Fri, 2 Feb 2001 21:33:07 -0800
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Peter Coates <peter@newnet.co.uk>
Cc:        Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>, ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Unprivileged Access to Ports <1024 (was Re: freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.org)
Message-ID:  <20010202213307.C91447@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex>
In-Reply-To: <3A7B369F.2E9922F8@newnet.co.uk>; from peter@newnet.co.uk on Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 10:37:19PM %2B0000
References:  <3A79D919.53061763@i-clue.de> <20010202142940.V91447@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> <3A7B369F.2E9922F8@newnet.co.uk>

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On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 10:37:19PM +0000, Peter Coates wrote:
> "Crist J. Clark" wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:46:01PM +0100, Christoph Sold wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > for the first time, I need to do some redirect:
> > >
> > > On a box with a single interface I want to run an untrusted application
> > > on port 23. I know, I can run it suid root, but i did not want to for
> > > obvious reasons.
> > >
> > > Q: How to redirect from interface ed0, port 80, to the very same
> > > machine, untrusted port, e.g. 1234?
> > 
> > I coulda sworn there was a sysctl knob to turn off the rather outdated
> > behavor that restricts opening ports <1024 to root. However, I cannot
> > seem to find such a thing. Am I imagining things?
> > --
> > Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu
> 
> There is: 
> 
> net.inet.ip.portrange.lowfirst: 1023
> net.inet.ip.portrange.first: 1024
> 
> They sounds along the right lines. I'm not sure what they do mind ;-)

They tell the OS what ranges of ports to choose from for ephemeral
ports. It does not change any permissions.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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