Re: Security through Permissiveness: A Zen Riddle?

From: richard offer (offerat_private)
Date: Wed Jul 18 2001 - 07:14:03 PDT

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    * Shane Kerr <shane@time-travellers.org>:
    *> <offtopic level="slight">
    * 
    *> https  8080
    * 
    * This isn't even the standard port - port 80 is (and is a "system" port).
    
    <minor correction>
    
    80 is the convention for http, 443 for https (http over SSL/TLS).
    
    But your argument stands, neither service requires system privileges to run
    (apart from opening that initial port).
    
    richard.
    
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