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[3.14] Document that multiprocessing treats local same-user processes as trusted (GH-149001)#149033

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Clarify in the Authentication keys section that the authkey handshake
covers Listener/Client (addressable endpoints) only, not the anonymous
pipes behind Pipe() and Queue, and that isolation between same-user
processes must be arranged at the OS level.
(cherry picked from commit f27e91e)

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith 68491+gpshead@users.noreply.github.com


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Clarify in the Authentication keys section that the authkey handshake
covers Listener/Client (addressable endpoints) only, not the anonymous
pipes behind Pipe() and Queue, and that isolation between same-user
processes must be arranged at the OS level.
(cherry picked from commit f27e91e)

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <68491+gpshead@users.noreply.github.com>
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