[ale] Alternative port to 80 for web server

[Mike Millson]

David,

Actually I'm doing that already, but now I would like to open up my website
for clients to view. I figured I would use an obscure port number so that
not just anyone (and all the NIMBA and code red requests) can get in. I was
thinking it would be more secure. I'm going to set it up so all outside tcp
traffic is dropped unless it is going to my obscure port number.

Thank you,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: David Bronson [mailto:dbron at roman.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:55 AM
To: mgm at atsga.com; 'ALE'
Subject: RE: [ale] Alternative port to 80 for web server


What I do is set it up to use port 80 but use iptables to drop all
traffic other than from my ip.

Hope that helps,

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Millson [mailto:mgm at atsga.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:27 AM
To: ALE
Subject: [ale] Alternative port to 80 for web server

I would like to run my Apache web server for testing purposes. To avoid
port
scans looking for web servers and other undue attention, I would like to
run
it on a port other than 80. Any guidance for picking that other port
number
or any other suggestions?

Thank you,
Mike


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