Apache must be started with root privileges. Why? Why does this action not present a security risk?

What will be an ideal response?


By default, httpd listens on port 80, which is a privileged port. Only a pro-
cess with root privileges can use privileged ports, so you must start Apache

with root privileges. Starting Apache with root privileges does not pose a
security risk because Apache uses child processes running as apache to serve
pages. The original httpd process running with root privileges remains but
does not interact over the network.

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