Thanks for the reply Arne. We're actually going to move to the latest stable
version anyway however I do have another question about what you suggest. I
already have a filter that does allow comm. over port 80 from localhost but
internally GeoServer must not be using localhost, it appears to simply be using
the hostname. Is this configurable or am I wrong and it does use localhost and
perhaps I have some other problem?
From: Arne Kepp [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 7:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Geoserver-users] GeoServer to GeoWebCache comm over
port 80
Yes, 2.0.1 internalizes the communication, so it happens in Java without
network access.
However, to me it seems like you should just allow HTTP communication on
127.0.0.1, and not on the public interface. Anyone that can sniff packets on
the loopback interface already has superuser privileges on the machine, so I
don't think you gain anything for your troubles.
I don't think patching such an old version to support SSL is worth it.
-Arne
On 9/30/10 1:12 PM, Ottofaro, Jack wrote:
We're running an older version of GeoServer , version 1.7.1 I believe, and it
appears to communicate internally with the GeoWebCache plug-in over port 80. On
our production system port 80 is unavailable - only comm. over secured ports is
allowed, e.g. port 443. I read a post on the internet that said as of GeoServer
version 2.0.1 it no longer uses http to communicate to GeoWebCache since it's
in the same JVM. Is this true? More importantly, will I not have the port 80
issue with the GeoServer to GeoWebCache comm.? If not, is there a way to get it
to communicate to GeoWebCache over port 443 and https?
Thanks,
Jack Ottofaro
UL/UC2 Software Lead
Phone: (757) 896-4877
Lockheed Martin IS&GS
22 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 120
Hampton, VA 23666
Fax: (757) 896-4891
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