Re: Server Security

2007-07-26 Thread Craig Skinner
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 01:37:03PM -0400, Len Popp wrote: Yes, you can run Tomcat on port 80. Some OS's (Linux, UNIX) require the process to have root privs to use port 80. Why not run it on 8080 as the _tomcat user, and use the packet filter to redirect the incoming port 80 traffic to port

Re: Server Security

2007-07-26 Thread Len Popp
There's no handicap under Windows - you can run a server on port 80 with no problem, even if it's running under a user account. On the other hand, for a demo site it's not such a big deal to use a different port. Just makes the URL look a little uglier. -- Len On 7/26/07, Craig Skinner [EMAIL

Server Security

2007-07-25 Thread Michael McQuade
Hi folks, hope someone can offer me a little bit of advice. Im running Tomcat 5.0.28 on a home server I want to allow people to look at a product I'm developing over the web But I am worried about my server being hacked Can anyone offer me some tips on how to protect it.

Re: Server Security

2007-07-25 Thread Michael McQuade
U, also, can Tomcat be run on Port 80? - Original Message - From: Michael McQuade [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:38 AM Subject: Server Security Hi folks, hope someone can offer me a little bit of advice. Im

Re: Server Security

2007-07-25 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike, Michael McQuade wrote: Im running Tomcat 5.0.28 on a home server I want to allow people to look at a product I'm developing over the web But I am worried about my server being hacked Can anyone offer me some tips on how to

Re: Server Security

2007-07-25 Thread Steve Ochani
List users@tomcat.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:38 AM Subject: Server Security Hi folks, hope someone can offer me a little bit of advice. Im running Tomcat 5.0.28 on a home server I want to allow people to look at a product I'm developing over the web But I