[OT] How to turn on echo or date/time UDP services on OS X?

[Alex Rice]

On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 05:45  PM, Steve Gehlbach wrote:

> Anyone know a way around running a socket server as root (well, on 
> Linux and I assume Mac OS X)?  Works fine on Windows as any user, 
> which is why worms and viruses like it so much.

Only way I know is pick a high numbered port, like > 10,000. The low 
numbered ports are privileged, and mostly taken.


Alex Rice, Software Developer
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