Long ago in Linux if you wanted to listen on a privileged port (< 1024) you had to do so as root.
If you're connecting to a host on a port < 1024, then you know a SysAdmin must have set it up, and it must be trustworthy. It was a simpler time.
is that no longer true?
alt Hacker News
If you're connecting to a host on a port < 1024, then you know a SysAdmin must have set it up, and it must be trustworthy. It was a simpler time.