Re: Bug#427605: ITP: privbind -- Allow unprivileged apps to bind to a privileged port

2007-06-06 Thread Russell Coker
On Tuesday 05 June 2007 16:52, Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] What benefits does this offer over authbind which has been in Debian for ages? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Blog

Re: Bug#427605: ITP: privbind -- Allow unprivileged apps to bind to a privileged port

2007-06-06 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Russell Coker wrote: On Tuesday 05 June 2007 16:52, Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] What benefits does this offer over authbind which has been in Debian for ages? It uses a (I think) much more

Re: Bug#427605: ITP: privbind -- Allow unprivileged apps to bind to a privileged port

2007-06-06 Thread Russell Coker
On Wednesday 06 June 2007 20:05, Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What benefits does this offer over authbind which has been in Debian for ages? It uses a (I think) much more secure mode of operation. In particular: - No SUID executables - User who launches the daemon must be root

Re: Bug#427605: ITP: privbind -- Allow unprivileged apps to bind to a privileged port

2007-06-06 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Russell Coker wrote: On Wednesday 06 June 2007 20:05, Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What benefits does this offer over authbind which has been in Debian for ages? Before I begin answering your questions, the bug report has a link to technical explanation of how privbind

Bug#427605: ITP: privbind -- Allow unprivileged apps to bind to a privileged port

2007-06-05 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: privbind Version : 0.2 Upstream Author : Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/privbind * License : GPL Programming Lang: C