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Old 26th February 2016
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Originally Posted by jjstorm View Post
Is this where privilege separation comes into play?
No, privilege separation is a key component of application design. Simply put, the application runs separate processes, one with privileges, one (or more) without. See slides 7-12 of this 2009 presentation on OpenBGPd for a good description of how privilege separation was designed into that application.

Last edited by jggimi; 26th February 2016 at 08:28 PM. Reason: slide numbers
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