FC5: Apache issue? Or something else?
Gilbert Sebenste
sebenste at weather3.admin.niu.edu
Fri May 26 20:15:33 UTC 2006
On Fri, 26 May 2006, Paul Howarth wrote:
>>> Do you really need to restrict apache to listening on this one IP address,
>>> or could you not instead use:
>>>
>>> Listen 80
>>>
>>> That would listen on all interfaces, including localhost.
>>>
>>> Paul.
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> Thanks for replying again. I'm confused though...it says to do an IP
>> address instead of just "Listen 80". Won't that "glom" up httpd (whatever
>> they mean by that)? I could try, and I bet that's the problem, but I set
>> that parameter like that on FC4 and it did not cause this problem.
>> Must be an Apache 2.22 thing.
>>
>> (P.S. I just tried it. It worked...I can now see the web site on my
>> machine. But is this safe?)
>
> It's listening on all interfaces now, including localhost. This is only a
> problem if:
>
> 1. You trust yourself less than everyone else on the Internet, or
> 2. You want to run different services on that port for different interfaces.
>
> I wouldn't worry about it. That's how I have my server set up anyway, and
> it's been that way for as long as I can remember.
>
> Paul.
OK, sounds good. Thanks for your help!
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