Re: What are the dangers of having a Webserver?
From: B. Joshua Rosen (bjrosen@polybus.com)
Date: 11/30/02
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From: "B. Joshua Rosen" <bjrosen@polybus.com> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 10:47:53 -0500
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 01:01:50 -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> "Luke Vogel" <luke@bell-bird.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3DE8082A.7000001@bell-bird.com.au...
>> B. Joshua Rosen wrote:
>>
>> > Let me modify my question a bit. All I want to run on the website is
>> > simple HTML and JPEGs, no CGI, no JAVA, no nothing. Do I have to do
>> > anything special in the httpd.conf file to make my system secure, or
>> > is the fact that the website is nothing but HTML sufficient?
>>
>>
>> It is important to keep your server software up to date.
>>
>>
>> Regardless of the content (simple or otherwise) that you want to serve,
>> crackers look for ways to "break" the _server_ software in order to
>> gain access.
>>
>> Keeping it simple on your end will certainly help, but just make sure
>> you keep abreast of any newly discovered vulnerabilities.
>
> And rip out all the mods/features/packages you don't need. Do you need
> login-authentication, or is it all public material?
It's all public material.
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