From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 2 7:20:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c003.snv.cp.net (c003-h004.c003.snv.cp.net [209.228.32.218]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA88F37B420 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 07:20:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (cpmta 14586 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2002 07:20:10 -0800 Received: from 216.227.100.85 (HELO vector) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.32.218) with SMTP; 2 Jan 2002 07:20:10 -0800 X-Sent: 2 Jan 2002 15:20:10 GMT From: "Dustin Puryear" To: "Cliff Sarginson" , Subject: RE: Getting Apache to run as user www only Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:29:05 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20020102065211.GA2339@raggedclown.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > And now the kernel would allow user http to bind to ports 80 and 443. > > > And what a field-day for bored crackers such an appalling suggestion, if > ever implemented, that would be. > > I think that takes a small prize for being the best suggestion for > introducing a security hole the size of the grand canyon into the O/S. > > Just think about it, before you ask why... :) Thought about it. Now, why? Regards, Dustin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message