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> Other are not that nasty, but still nasty:
> - bind(): the lower ports are reserved to root, so another box may trust
> that a connection is coming from a system program, and not a
> user process.

You resolve that with capabilities as and when they are added. THe network
side of checking for a 'can bind' 'cant bind' rule is easy


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