1) Is it true that AOLserver 4.0.10 requires -b in this circumstance, or are we just missing something?
Ok, found this in the ChangeLog:
* Removed the child-process privleged port Ns_SockListen
code in nsd/binder.c. Binding privleged ports (e.g., port
80) now requires the -b or -B command line methods introduced
in 3.4, e.g., "nsd -ft nsd.tcl -b myhost:80". The binder
code, while clever, was a potential security risk.
So two new questions:
1) What specifically is the security risk here? And,
2) Could this code be restored, but be conditional on the user specifying some other command-line option which explicitly says, yes, yes, I know, it's a risk, but please just do the nice simple thing you used to do that saved me so much trouble and made my life easier?
:-)
- John
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