Re: Why are developers choosing to...

[Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () center osis gov>]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 12:30:46PM -0500, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
...
> More than likely a large number of sites are now being hosted on shared 
> systems where port 443 is already snared by another site.  Combine that 
> with the "I can test on a different port" and sprinkle on a little 
> obscurity and some level of lesser threat (especially the "worms won't hit 
> this" kind) and after you shake it all up, you kind of get what we have.
...

Hrrmph.  Easy enough to use a second, virtual IP address and a virtual
host using the virtual IP address, in Apache's 'httpd'.  Had someone
panic recently that their special app on port 7777 was not being allowed
through a firewall.  Turned out it was a Web app.  Grumble.

-- 
Joe Yao
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
   This message is not an official statement of OSIS Center policies.
_______________________________________________
firewall-wizards mailing list
firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com
http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards