Andrew M. Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joerg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
>> is it possible to bind wwwoffle-port to another interface then the http-port?
>> So http-port can listen to an public interface and wwwoffle-port can be
>> bound to a secure interface like localhost. This may likewise reduce the
>> possibility of and DOS attack.
> 
> No, there is only one option in the configuration file for the
> interface to bind.
> 
> I don't see much improvement in security from binding the two to

AFAIK the wwwoffle-port is for controlling wwwoffle, to switch wwwoffle
online or offline. If the wwwoffle-port is bounded to the local
interface, only a local user could get access on it. So it's much harder
to get control about wwwoffle. And I don't know, why this must be a tcp
port? Couldn't it be a unix socket?

> different interfaces since you can have a DOS attack on either one of
> them.  Protecting one port like this and not the other is pointless.

Yes, you are right.

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