> No, you're right. You can make Apache listen on port 80 while running > as root because it'll change the process' ownership when it opens a > new > connection. There is no portable way of doing this in Java; therefore,
Hey! And they call it an advanced language? > you have to run Tomcat as root if you want to make it listen on port > 80. > Of course, that's a major security hole. Not only, it also masks some bugs (like the JITC one for exemple). > I always front-end TC with Apache and use mod_proxy to achieve what > you're doing with iptables. Well, let me find iptables less resources consuming :). Fran�ois. P.S.: One or two trolls are hiding in this message, please do NOT feed! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
