Re: security? How to? multiple www daemons binding to port 80 on 2.0.X

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 23 Nov 1996 13:27:53 +0000 (GMT)

> disappointed to find that I can't run a main webserver bound to
> IN_ADDR_ANY:80, and other web servers (for troublesome clients who can't
> write efficient code) bound to IP:80 .

Thats because its an illegal configuration.

> The primary reason for running a separate daemons is to be able
> to run other daemons at a lower priority level...

Run multiple apache daemons all bound to specific addresses

> controlled machine with no services LISTENing on ports > 1024 ... so
> assuming root is safe (can't bind to priveledged ports) am I going to get
> caught by anything that I haven't thought of?

If someone breaks in they'll be able to log your NFS etc

Alan