On 2/5/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 Thanks, Tim. Paul
