Re: [fw-wiz] Why are developers choosing to...

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 12:30:46PM -0500, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
...
> More than likely a large number of sites are now being hosted on shared
> systems where port 443 is already snared by another site. Combine that
> with the "I can test on a different port" and sprinkle on a little
> obscurity and some level of lesser threat (especially the "worms won't hit
> this" kind) and after you shake it all up, you kind of get what we have.
...

Hrrmph. Easy enough to use a second, virtual IP address and a virtual
host using the virtual IP address, in Apache's 'httpd'. Had someone
panic recently that their special app on port 7777 was not being allowed
through a firewall. Turned out it was a Web app. Grumble.

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Joe Yao
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