Redirected stdin/out and security

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From: qfel (as_in_nick_at_astercity.net)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:16:31 +0100

If I create process with redirected input and output, does it matter what security
descriptor is assigned to pipes it inherits as stdin/out?
Or the child process is given same access to those objects as the parent process?

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