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Iptables dependency: why we got there and how we got out

In our first ever release, we relied on iptables for port forwarding so that a regular user process could have access to privileged ports (ie, ports < 1024 can be bound only by root). Eg, our IMAP server would bind to port 7143, and iptables would be setup to forward port 143 to 7143.

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Posted by Anand on November 10, 2005 at 03:23 PM • Comments (4)


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