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Makefile change to enable binding to low ports (443) without running as root #4

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As discussed[0] and described[1].

Basically do

setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/program

Which doesn't alter the programs data bytes but does allow it to bind to low ports on the installed system, so that's an install time step not a build one.

[0] StackOverflow 36875673
[1] Apache.org Wiki

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