Can I use port 80 if I am not the root user?

No. In Linux, ports below 1024 are 'privileged ports' and require root access to bind. This is why non-root Node.js applications bind to port 3000 or 8080. You expose port 80 to the public via Docker Compose (`ports: ['80:8080']`) or a Reverse Proxy, while the internal container runs safely on a high port.

Are Docker Secrets encrypted?

If you are using Docker Swarm, yes, they are encrypted at rest in the Raft log and encrypted in transit. If you are using standard Docker Compose on a single node, they are NOT encrypted at rest, but they are still much safer than environment variables because they don't leak into process memory dumps.

What is Rootless Docker?

Rootless Docker is an advanced configuration where the entire Docker Daemon itself runs as a non-root user on the host machine. It is incredibly secure, but difficult to set up and comes with some networking limitations. Using the `USER` instruction in the Dockerfile is the standard baseline.

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