Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:07:06 +0200 From: Iang <iang@iang.org> To: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, imp@freebsd.org, net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strange limitation on rcmd() Message-ID: <44B25F0A.5040709@iang.org> In-Reply-To: <20060708213932.GA41178@uk.tiscali.com> References: <200607072030.01999.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <20060708213932.GA41178@uk.tiscali.com>
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Brian Candler wrote: > Note that only root can bind to reserved ports. ... > This mechanism is only valid for trusted hosts, of course. If you allow a > random person to put their own PC on the network, they can of course send > packets from privileged ports (either by installing Unix with their own root > password, or by installing DOS and sending packets which come from > privileged ports) I gather that it is now possible to disable the privileged ports thing on FreeBSD at least. (Thank heavens, I say :) iang
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