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Re: [Gnump3d-users] Is port 80 a security issue when root?
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Benjamin Peter |
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Re: [Gnump3d-users] Is port 80 a security issue when root? |
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Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:50:00 +0100 |
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Hi,
address@hidden wrote:
> I want to run my gnump3d server on the typical port 80 so that my users don't
> need to type in ports and some firewalls don't block access to my server.
> I've been running it in Slackware Linux for about 2 years now. I changed
> /etc/gnump3d/gnump3d.conf so that port is 80 but saw the comment in there
> that the user has to be root to run on port 80. Why? Is running the server
> as root with a command line only interface and iptables firewall a security
> issue?
this is a Linux restriction, only privileged users may open incoming
ports from 1 to 1024.
A work around from an implementation point of view would be to open the
port as root and then fork to an unprivileged user to serve the clients.
Ben.
Re: Re: [Gnump3d-users] Is port 80 a security issue when root?, linuxhippy, 2008/02/12