Yes, you can run Tomcat on port 80. Some OS's (Linux, UNIX) require the process to have root privs to use port 80.
Most important is to keep your OS and Tomcat up to date and use a firewall - standard advice for connecting any computer to the internet. The fortunate thing that I've noticed is that there are very few attempts to exploit security holes in Tomcat or the Apache web server. The exploits I've seen in my web logs are targeted at IIS, PHP and other things. There are security holes in Tomcat and Apache (obviously, because they keep releasing patches for them) but no-one seems to bother trying to exploit them. And it's unlikely that the bad guys will even notice your custom web app (although you should still eliminate any vulnerabilities that you can of course). -- Len On 7/25/07, Michael McQuade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ummmm, 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 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..... I'm not very network saavy..... Thank-You in advance.... Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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