--- mirmon.pl.orig	Sat Jul 23 11:45:38 2016
+++ mirmon.pl	Sat Jul 30 22:18:56 2016
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ $opt{v} ||= $opt{d} ;
 
 my $URL = shift ;
 
+use POSIX qw(setuid setgid getpwnam);
+print "Dropping privileges to _mirmon ...\n" if Mirmon::debug;
+my (undef, undef, $uid, $gid) = POSIX::getpwnam("_mirmon");
+POSIX::setgid($uid) or die "setgid() to $gid failed, abort\n";
+POSIX::setuid($uid) or die "setuid() to $uid failed, abort\n";
+
 my $M = Mirmon -> new ( $opt{c} ) ;
 $M -> conf -> timeout ( $opt{t} ) if $opt{t} ;