Re: Hardening a Solaris system.

From: Dr. David Kirkby (see_my_signature_for_my_real_address_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/28/03

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    Date: 28 Nov 2003 08:39:59 -0800

    Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote in message news:<Pine.SOL.4.58.0311262140490.507@zaphod.rite-group.com>...
    > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:

    > > realise almost everyone uses port 80 (with a few using 8080), so it's
    > > not something that one can easily change. But it does seem an
    > > inappropiate port if it would be possible to lauch a webserver that
    > > never runs as root, by changing the port. Am I missing something here?
    >
    > Not at all. In theory, you're corrrect, but given that port 80
    > is now enshrined as THE http port, you'll make life more difficult
    > for your users, because you'll always have to quote the port number
    > in URLs.

    Which is what I said - or at least was trying to say. I realise now
    its too late to change from port 80, but with hindsight is seems
    inappropiate.

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