[tor-bugs] #5174 [Website]: Tor relay can listen to ports < 1024 without running as root
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#5174: Tor relay can listen to ports < 1024 without running as root
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Reporter: flupzor | Owner: phobos
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Website | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Rule 11 on the following page states that it is required for Tor to run as
root in order to open ports < 1024. Looking at the git log i believe this
used to be the case but was fixed (commit
b4bd836f46549b6263c8c55eb3bc127884b72340).
https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en
The attached this removes the lines where aren't true anymore.
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