Doug, As usual Dave is right on, I would add, however, that since you acknowledge that you're "not much of a admin", don't worry about opening any extra ports until something you need doesn't work, and then focus on opening the ports necessary for making that specific service work.
Better safe than sorry. More importantly though, you really really need to disable directory browsing in Apache... > If all you need to allow is access to the web server, you can simply open > TCP/80 and TCP/443 inbound, and block all outbound ports. However, in real > life, things are almost never that simple, so you need to think about all > the ways you interact with that server - management utilities, remote > access, backup, outbound requests made from your applications, DNS > lookups, > etc. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267190 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
