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diff --git a/doc/security.txt b/doc/security.txt index 0801679cc..3adf53624 100644 --- a/doc/security.txt +++ b/doc/security.txt @@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ The IAX2 protocol supports strong RSA key authentication as well as AES encryption of voice and signalling. The SIP channel does not support encryption in this version of Asterisk. +By default, if you have libcap available, Asterisk will try to retain the +CAP_NET_ADMIN capability when running as a non-root user. If you do not need +that capability you may want to configure Asterisk with --without-cap; however, +this will prevent Asterisk from being able to mark high ToS bits under Linux. +More information on CAP_NET_ADMIN is available at: +http://www.lids.org/lids-howto/node48.html + * DIALPLAN SECURITY First and foremost remember this: |