This has been enlightening, thanks!
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 2:47 PM, P Fudd <pf...@binkmail.com> wrote: > > > Zachary Stern <z...@enternewmedia.com> wrote: > > Does it make sense to block outgoing connections for a web server? There > > are some cases where our apps do connect to things like external APIs, > and > > they do it on the backend, not necessarily in-browser. > > Block outgoing connections to anything apart from the machines you want > and need to connect to. It means the hacker can connect to them too, but > at least they can't connect to the other 99.9999% of the internet to hack > and cause further problems, using your ip address and reputation when > doing it. > > Cheers > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org >
