Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-16 Thread Zahid Rahman
What if you have an apache acting as a gateway which is configured to only accepting html drop everything else from the Internet then forward only html to the backend server for processing on the private network, would that not make the backend server less vulnerable than if you hadn't taken the

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-16 Thread Eric Covener
On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM Zahid Rahman wrote: > > Let me rephrase my question then. Using Apache without the reverse proxy > feature > https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/reverse_proxy.html > > Does it leave your apache webserver vulnerable to attack ? No, enabling mod_proxy in a serv

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-16 Thread Zahid Rahman
Let me rephrase my question then. Using Apache without the reverse proxy feature https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/reverse_proxy.html Does it leave your apache webserver vulnerable to attack ? https://www.groundupsystem.com/ https://www.groundupsystem.

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-14 Thread Zahid Rahman
I don't have error when setting up software . I am very good at following instructions. If I do have issues then I just restart the setup process. Because I know anything I am doing has been tested by professional who take pride, so it is best not log on a mailing list and advertise one can not

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-13 Thread Frank Gingras
On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM Zahid Rahman wrote: > I don't have error when setting up software . > I am very good at following instructions. > > If I do have issues then I just restart the setup process. Because I know > anything I am doing has been tested by professional who take pride, so

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-13 Thread Frank Gingras
On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM Zahid Rahman wrote: > > That's my point , the majority of websites must be hosted without a proxy > server in front leaving the codebase vulnerable to attack. > > I was just wondering 🤔 the number of vulnerable websites in > percentage terms ? > > > > > ¯

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-13 Thread gene heskett
On 3/13/25 21:38, Zahid Rahman wrote: That's my point , the majority of websites must be hosted without a proxy server in front leaving the codebase vulnerable to attack. I was just wondering 🤔 the number of vulnerable websites in percentage terms ? My pages are presently off. I do not

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-13 Thread Zahid Rahman
That's my point , the majority of websites must be hosted without a proxy server in front leaving the codebase vulnerable to attack. I was just wondering 🤔 the number of vulnerable websites in percentage terms ? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ♡۶♡ ۶♡۶ On Thu, 13 Mar 2025, 1

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-13 Thread Frank Gingras
On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM Zahid Rahman wrote: > The usual routine when hosting a website is :- > > One is given access to the apache webserver via filezilla whereby the > locally tested code from local machine is uploaded using ftp port 22. > > The code is then served by the apache web

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-13 Thread Zahid Rahman
The usual routine when hosting a website is :- One is given access to the apache webserver via filezilla whereby the locally tested code from local machine is uploaded using ftp port 22. The code is then served by the apache webserver via port 80. If this is the routine followed by most hos

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-13 Thread Frank Gingras
On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM Zahid Rahman wrote: > Serving codebase directly means setting up an index.html file in the > config directory on the same disk as the apache install as per > these instructions > > > https://documentation.ubuntu.com/server/how-to/web-services/install-apache2/inde

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-13 Thread Zahid Rahman
Serving codebase directly means setting up an index.html file in the config directory on the same disk as the apache install as per these instructions https://documentation.ubuntu.com/server/how-to/web-services/install-apache2/index.html ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ♡۶♡ ۶♡۶ On Thu

Re: [users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-13 Thread Frank Gingras
On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM Zahid Rahman wrote: > Hi, > > Do the majority of apache webservers made available by web hosting > companies at their data centres serve codebase directly or are the > majority act as proxy servers ? > > Thanks in advanced for sharing . > > > > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > ♡۶♡

[users@httpd] Proxy servers or serve direct codebase

2025-03-13 Thread Zahid Rahman
Hi, Do the majority of apache webservers made available by web hosting companies at their data centres serve codebase directly or are the majority act as proxy servers ? Thanks in advanced for sharing . ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ♡۶♡ ۶♡۶