[tor-bugs] #5174 [Website]: Tor relay can listen to ports < 1024 without running as root

Mon Feb 20 08:20:41 UTC 2012

#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:        
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Comment(by flupzor):

 Looks like when hibernation occurs the port is closed and can't be opened
 again when woken up (because the privileges have been dropped). I'm not
 sure why this behavior exists.

 So, doing a port forward might still be a valid setup.

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