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Privilege separation

In computer programming and computer security, privilege separation (privsep) is one software-based technique for implementing the principle of least privilege. With privilege separation, a program is divided into parts which are limited to the specific privileges they require in order to perform a specific task. This is used to mitigate the potential…

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related to Implementation · 6
Privilege separation → ID/group ID, If, POSIX, Privilege, The, Thus
related to Examples · 4
Privilege separation → Another, Dovecot, OpenBSD, Separation

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privilege separation privileges security program computer network access programs privileged user system separate part programming one implementing parts limited specific

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open a raw socket or an Internet socket in the well known ports rangeinstance ofgaps can allow widespread network penetration.Many network service daemons have to do a specific privileged operation0.80text
Privilege separationrelated to ExamplesAnother0.60section
Privilege separationrelated to ExamplesDovecot0.60section
Privilege separationrelated to ExamplesSeparation0.60section
Privilege separationrelated to ExamplesOpenBSD0.60section
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Privilege separationrelated to ImplementationPrivilege0.60section
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