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LCE: The failure of operating systems and how we can fix it

LCE: The failure of operating systems and how we can fix it

Posted Nov 24, 2012 19:09 UTC (Sat) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: LCE: The failure of operating systems and how we can fix it by Cyberax
Parent article: LCE: The failure of operating systems and how we can fix it

It made sense in the 80s and 90s where the typical Unix host was serving tens to thousands of people and root tended to be trustworthy. No sysadmin wants his users competing to be the first to bind to port 79.

It's true that those days are long gone and it's time for this restriction to disappear.


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