On which versions of FreeBSD is it now possible to un-reserve ports?
( I've been waiting for this since forever ... have spent countless days - $$$ - trying to install workarounds, only to junk them later. I've even been paid a consulting gig to develop this, and declined to deploy it on my own servers :-/ ) iang http://askslim.blogspot.com/2006/05/freebsd-61-disabling-reserverd-ports.html Friday, May 26, 2006 FreeBSD 6.1: Disabling Reserverd Ports A common misfeature found on UN*X operating systems is the restriction that only root can bind to ports < 1024. Many a dollar has been wasted on workarounds and -often- the resulting security holes. Fortunately on FreeBSD 6.1 (and probably older versions as well) you can disable this remnant of trust-by-convention. host$ sysctl net.inet.ip.portrange.reservedhigh=0 That simple. Add it to your /etc/sysctl.conf today! posted by Slim @ 4:18 PM _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
