Re: Allowing apache external access

From: Duane Arnold (notme_at_notme.com)
Date: 10/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:53:09 GMT

gabic33@hotmail.com wrote in news:1130171783.992684.65960
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Hi,
>
> I have Apache web server running on a Win XP system. I also have
> ZoneAlarm as firewall and also Norton System Works, which I think also
> acts as a firewall too (somehow).
> I intend to allow external apache access, so that anyone could access
> files from my server. Therefore, first I disabled 'Auto-Protect' on
> Norton System Works.
> On ZA I set high security for internet zone and medium for trusted
> zone. I also tried to add a rule to Firewall-> Expert(tab) specifying
> only a protocol (TCP - destination port: 80), but it doesn't seem to
> work.
>
> I would be interested on how can I setup ZA to allow access to my
> apache. Also if Norton System Works is included in my problem.
>

Well, if you're going to use something like ZA to protect a machine
that's running a WEB server on a NT based O/S being exposed to the public
Internet, then why not just put it out there with nothing protecting it,
because that's all you're doing and it's nothing but hack bait?

If you're using Apache as the Web server but neglect or don't know how to
secure the NT based O/S, file system, registry, user accounts, possibly
Apache itself for a machine that's being exposed to the public Internet,
then why not just put it out there doing nothing, because the machine is
nothing but *hack* bait and a jumping off point to attack other machines
out there on the Internet?

If you're asking the questions above, then it's obvious you have not done
your homework starting with thinking that a PFW solution is going to
protect a WEB server.

Duane :)

Duane :)

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