Pseudo socket/port ACL patch

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Attached is a patch for 2.3.99-pre9 that may be ready for prime-time. If
not, please let me know why.

I doubt it's the first of its kind, but I don't know of any others.

In summary, it allows root to delegate permissions to do rootly networking
things to unprivileged users in order to prevent potential security
problems inherent in having applications running as root or setuid root.

I think it's useful even in combination with the similar capabilities...

Thanks in advance for any feedback,

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