Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:20:00 +0200 From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Robert_'Shadow'_Paj=B9k?=" <shadow@kki.pl> To: "Michael Richards" <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Allowing non root users to bind low ports Message-ID: <002d01bebbc7$3cfc3440$ac0974c3@altair.kki.krakow.pl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9906201243140.13617-100000@dragon>
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> I was giving this concept a little thought. If I'm not root and I can bind > a low port, let's say the telnet port. I could write myself a fake telnet > daemon and run it. Sooner or later, someone is going to try using it... > This whole thing about non-root users binding to low ports would only be > useful if there are no shell accounts on a machine IMO. Or do this in the Phrack's way - which means to create group ex. net which is able to bind to those ports ... it is better but still not perfect ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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