On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Martin Klebermaß wrote:
> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:12:36 +0100 > From: Martin Klebermaß <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Mutliuser setup > > Well its less the problem with running to much tomcats so that there are not > enough ports, you just need some more type of port handling to give away the > ports in an automatic way. > And beside this, matter of wasting ports, i find a port that listens for a > string which is never be used is a simple extra risc with no benefit. ( Or > do u install a Programm on your system that runs on a network port, and u > know about the programm that in 50 years you will never need this port ?) > > If you don't need the shutdown port (which, by the way, only accepts connections from 127.0.0.1), then don't use it. It's pretty straightforward to write your own wrapper around the Tomcat startup process that doesn't enable this -- which means, of course, that you must also provide some other mechanism for controlled shutdown. Craig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>