Re: Socket SecurityDescriptor

From: "Arnaud Debaene" <adebaene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:53:27 +0200

Neelay wrote:
> Hi guys,
> Is there any way to associate a securitydescriptor with a socket?
Not that I am aware of.

> meaning when you create a new socket is there any way you can set the
> access permissions on it like you can do for mutexes, events etc? Is
> there no security descriptor on a socket by default meaning everybody
> has "RW" access?
A socket is not shareable among processes, so their is really no point in
protecting it... Agains *who* would you protect your socket, except against
yourself?

Arnaud
MVP - VC

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