> 1st, checking for ports < 1024 on remote calls is nearly pointless: > it is a verstige of the era when the case of *unprivileged* user > attacking over network was a usual case. These days, remote attackers > usually will have no trouble using a machine where they have root > (such as using their own laptop...). It's for local applications. Only user with root privileges can have port < 1024.
> Since we use such a small subset here, maybe we just open-code it? What exactly do you mean? > Support IPv6 Is support of IPv6 for portmap really necessary? I believe that portmap (version 2) commonly has not support for IPv6. IPv6 support has rpcbind (version 2, 3, 4) but it is partial different from portmap. _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
