this practice is rather common. for a couple different reasons. 1. routers/load balancer all have redirect capability. actually not all, but most routers do. 2. running webserver on port 8080 means it doesn't require running it as a service or root user 3. hardware load balancing is more efficient than software in many cases. though it is more expensive 4. most sites block all other ports with the firewall, so it doesn't really matter what port the webserver is on 5. it's safer to not have processes running as root.
Depending on how paranoid your admin is, they may forbid running tomcat on port 80. in the end, it's easier manage for the IT staff and the user doesn't see any difference. peter lin --- Josh Rehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Wall wrote: > > >>We run Tomcat on 8080 using Cisco Routers for port > redirection. > >>Nobody has to type in a port number. > >> > >> > >And the best part is that we're happy to know that > some more heavily used > >production sites are using TC 5, which was the > original question and > >interest! > > > > > > > Interesting how people read things differently; I > thought David is > running Tomcat 4 and is just illustrating one way to > do port > redirection. Of course, I could be wrong. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
