Re: [Dspace-tech] Problem with Debian and DSpace during port scan

2013-11-15 Thread Mark H. Wood
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 05:58:27PM +, Schuster, David wrote: > Nessus – is what we are using. I found an article that if you telnet to 8005 > and type SHUTDOWN – it will stop tomcat, which it did. I have modified that > so hopefully that will fix my problem. Ah, so it's not just a port sca

Re: [Dspace-tech] Problem with Debian and DSpace during port scan

2013-11-15 Thread Hilton Gibson
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Re: [Dspace-tech] Problem with Debian and DSpace during port scan

2013-11-15 Thread Schuster, David
pace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Problem with Debian and DSpace during port scan Hi David What application do you use for the port scan? Also what version of DSpace and what server operating system? Cheers hg On 15 November 2013 16:48, Schuster, David mailto:dschus...@mail.twu.edu>&

Re: [Dspace-tech] Problem with Debian and DSpace during port scan

2013-11-15 Thread Pottinger, Hardy J.
Hi, David, I'm not a security expert, but it sounds to me like your port scanner hit the Tomcat shutdown port. Here's an article on hardening Apache Tomcat: http://www.mulesoft.com/improving-apache-tomcat-security-step-step-guide It's perfectly fine to set the Tomcat shutdown port to -1, which d

Re: [Dspace-tech] Problem with Debian and DSpace during port scan

2013-11-15 Thread Hilton Gibson
Hi David What application do you use for the port scan? Also what version of DSpace and what server operating system? Cheers hg On 15 November 2013 16:48, Schuster, David wrote: > This may not be a Dspace issue, but hopefully someone can point me in > the right direction. During a port sca

[Dspace-tech] Problem with Debian and DSpace during port scan

2013-11-15 Thread Schuster, David
This may not be a Dspace issue, but hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. During a port scan of our Dspace instance before we make it public Apache/Tomcat shutsdown. Being fairly new to tomcat - where might I look and in which log to determine why this is happening? I am open