tech-security: Re: tightening control on socket bind()ing

Subject: Re: tightening control on socket bind()ing
To: None <tech-security@netbsd.org>
From: Guenther Grau <Guenther.Grau@bk.bosch.de>
List: tech-security
Date: 03/12/1999 17:42:08

Brian Buhrow wrote:
> 
>         What happens on large servers running sendmail when you kill and
> restart the listening daemon?  If other children are still sucking mail
> through port 25 when you restart the listening process, won't it fail to
> bind to the port with the patch you've submitted?

I don't think so, because the process would be run by the same user.

  Guenther