[PLUG] Socket Question

Jason Dagit dagit at engr.orst.edu
Thu Sep 19 23:33:22 UTC 2002


I was just curious if anyone knows why tcp/ip sockets below 1024 need root
permission, but sockets above 1024 do not?

Is this some sort of attempt to prevent users from preempting programs
like sshd from using it's usuall port?

Thanks,
Jason





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