Tim Churches wrote:
> One does need to be very careful with Apache (or other fully-fledged Web
> servers - IIS is even worse) - a minor and seemingly inconspicuous
> change to the config file can expose a lot on your system. For example,
>  a lot of Apache installations come with mod_dav, which allows various
> applications to write files on the Web server via the DAV protocol (over
> HTTP) - that needs to be VERY carefully configured indeed... better to
> disable it. Anyway, there are heaps of tutorials out there on how to
> secure Apache - default Apache installations only tend to be moderately
> secure - but if you allow HTTP through your firewall as David wants to
> do, you want your Apache configuration to be VERY, VERY secure, I would
> think.
>   
Like the Russians at Kursk I am practising defense in depth. My new
configuration comprises outer and inner networks. The inner firewall was
the one previously exposed to the web.

David


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