BIND 10 #1498: Droping root in socket creator

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#1498: Droping root in socket creator
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            Reporter:  vorner        |                        Owner:
                Type:  enhancement   |                       Status:  new
            Priority:  major         |                    Milestone:  New
           Component:  Boss of BIND  |  Tasks
           Sensitive:  0             |                     Keywords:
         Sub-Project:  Core          |              Defect Severity:  N/A
Estimated Difficulty:  0             |  Feature Depending on Ticket:
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 On system where it is possible, the socket creator should drop all the
 privileges except only the ones needed to bind privileged sockets.
 Together with #1497, it should provide good trust in its security.

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Ticket URL: <http://bind10.isc.org/ticket/1498>
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