Subj : Re: BBS Hosting & Port Opening
To   : Nelgin
From : g00r00
Date : Tue Dec 15 2020 11:14 am

 Ne> BTW, running on port 23 is dangerous for the simple fact that it runs as
 Ne> root.There are ways around it such as using capabilities, but the

FYI 

MIS binds the ports immediately on execute and then drops root access using 
setGID and setUID to the owner of the binaries.  So the idea is if you start it 
as sudo, it should immediately bind the ports (even before the servers are 
loaded) and then run as the group/user assigned to the binaries.

Unless root specifically owns the binaries then it should not even allow you to 
run as root if you try.

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