You can leave 127.0.0.1 assigned to the webserver. 127.0.0.1 is a special
"loop-back"IP address that can only be access by the machine itself. Thus it
is not publicly accessible. See link below.
Chris makes a very good point regarding the CFadmin being exposed to the
public. Am I correct in reading between the lines that this is your
development workstation that you are running IIS on and you are not running
a publicly accessible website site? If this is the case then you only have
to worry about your office workers guessing your CFadmin password.
In any case, it is always a good idea to at least put some folder security
on the cfide folder. I have heard of some CFadmins that zip up the Cfide
folder and move it to anther drive after they are done configing the server.
Then they have to restore the folder to use the Cfadmin.
IP Loopback Address
127.0.0.1 is the loopback address in IP. Loopback is a test mechanism of
<http://compnetworking.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-adapter.htm> network
adapters. Messages sent to 127.0.0.1 do not get delivered to the network.
Instead, the adapter intercepts all loopback messages and returns them to
the sending application. IP applications often use this feature to test the
behavior of their network interface. more at
http://compnetworking.about.com/library/weekly/aa042400c.htm
Mark W. Breneman
-Cold Fusion Developer
-Network Administrator
Vivid Media
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.vividmedia.com <http://www.vividmedia.com/>
608.270.9770
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From: Christy Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:10 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: CF Administrator won't load??
Okay, in going back into IIS, I see that there are 2 websites - Default
website and Administration website. Maybe I should assign the 127.0.0.1 to
the Admininstration website?
Oh, I don't know. :)
thanks,
Christy
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