Re: Is this mail list dead?

[Tracy R Reed <treed@ultraviolet.org>]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:03:44AM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> Is there anything I've forgotten to mention, or are there
> other things needed to make Linux distro's more secure without
> impacting functionality or ease-of-use ?

Is there really any reason to require programs to be run as root to bind
to ports <1024 anymore? I was just discussing this with some friends after
the regular LUG meeting at Denny's the other day. That's where the best
LUG conversation happens. :) There used to be a good reason for it but
nowadays it seems like an unnecessary liability. Fixing this is probably a
very simple little patch. 

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