"Jochen Schwoerer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Pier,
>
> Saturday, September 08, 2001, 8:20:30 PM, you wrote:
>
> PF> "Jochen Schwoerer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> hello all,
>>>
>>> does somebody know if it is possible to bind the shutdown listener of
>>> tomcat 4 on a specific ip address like it is possible for connectors?
>
> PF> I believe that for security reasons, in the upcoming version, the binding
> PF> will be allowed and done only to localhost (127.0.0.1)
>
> in our case we have a machine with multiple ip addresses and want to
> run several instances on different ips but with the same control
> ports.
I don't see a valid reason on why this should be done, while I see a
potential security hazard in binding on IPs != localhost.
> it would be good to have the possibilty to configure the binding ip
> like in the connector directive.
Nope, it would not be... Because then people would play around with it, and
security is compromised... One day we'll remove that shutdown mechanism all
together....
Pier
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