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SubjectRe: [patch 2.1.97] more capabilities support
Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> The tradeoff is that "lack of programming" allows people to start
> using capabilities in systems without needing to modify the
> programs to explicitly make system calls calls to raise their
> capability level. You can simply set a program like inetd to have the
> CAP_BSD_RESERVED_PORT_REALLY_BAD_IDEA capability, and you're done.

Except that inetd itself isn't such a hot idea.

--
Raul, a tcpserver fan

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