Tim: >> If you have no intention to let people on the internet access your >> HTTP server, then reconfigure it to only listen to local interfaces. >> Don't rely on your firewall to protect you, use the firewall as backup >> protection. Paul Smith > How can I do that? If one is using Apache as their HTTPD server, the Apache manual gives the information. It's quite well documented. Look for the "Listen" directive in the Apache configuration file "/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf", set it to listen to "127.0.0.1" on port 80, and restart the server. i.e. Listen 127.0.0.1:80 -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
