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README formatting fixes and added a link to a description of low port security.
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On UNIX-like systems, in order for the `flashsocket` transport
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On UNIX-like systems, in order for the ``flashsocket`` transport
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fallback to work, root privileges (eg by running the above command
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with `sudo`) are required when running the server. This is due to
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the `Flash Policy Server`_ requiring access to a low port (843).
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This isn't required for everything to work correctly, as the
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`flashsocket` transport is only used as one of several fallbacks
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when websockets aren't supported by the browser.
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with ``sudo``) are required when running the server. This is due to
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the `Flash Policy Server`_ requiring access to a `low port`_ (843).
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This isn't strictly required for everything to work correctly, as
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the ``flashsocket`` transport is only used as one of several
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fallbacks when WebSockets aren't supported by the browser.
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.. _`pip`: http://www.pip-installer.org/
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.. _`setuptools`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
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.. _`Flash Policy Server`: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/socket_policy_files.html
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.. _`low port`: http://www.staldal.nu/tech/2007/10/31/why-can-only-root-listen-to-ports-below-1024/

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