Why should squid not be run as root?

This is a very basic security question, I suppose.

Can anyone tell me why squid should be run as another user and not root?

I created a new user and group called squidadmin, only because the
documentation recommended that I do so.

What are the security implications in doing this?

Thank you very much!

--Daniel G. Rodriguez
Received on Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:49:26 MDT