#!/usr/bin/perl -w -T
use strict;
use Net::DNAT;
run Net::DNAT
port => 80,
pools => "127.0.0.1:8000",
user => "nobody",
group => "nobody",
;
=pod
=head1 PORT REDIRECTION
Simple Port Redirecting Configuration
Forwards incoming connections on the privileged
low port 80 to an unprivleged high port 8000.
=head1 SECURITY
This is great for security because
1) The process switches to nobody after binding
to the privileged low port.
2) The entire web server can run and even start
as an unprivileged user on a high port.
=head1 DEVELOPMENT
This is also helpful for development and testing
because you don't have to be root to restart the
web server, yet you still get to use "pretty"
URLs, i.e.:
http://box/cgi-bin/test.cgi
instead of the uglier:
http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/test.cgi
so development appears closer to what production
would look like.
=cut