There's no "handicap" under Windows - you can run a server on port 80 with
no problem, even if it's running under a user account.
On the other hand, for a demo site it's not such a big deal to use a
different port. Just makes the URL look a little uglier.
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Len
On 7/26/07, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 01:37:03PM -0400, Len Popp wrote:
> Yes, you can run Tomcat on port 80. Some OS's (Linux, UNIX) require
> the process to have root privs to use port 80.
Why not run it on 8080 as the _tomcat user, and use the packet filter to
redirect the incoming port 80 traffic to port 80
On 25 Jul 2007 at 11:48, Michael McQuade wrote:
> U, also, can Tomcat be run on Port 80?
Yes you can but be aware that a lot of ISPs (for home use anyways) block
incoming
connections on port 80.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Michael McQuade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "To
Yes, you can run Tomcat on port 80. Some OS's (Linux, UNIX) require
the process to have root privs to use port 80.
Most important is to keep your OS and Tomcat up to date and use a
firewall - standard advice for connecting any computer to the
internet.
The fortunate thing that I've noticed is th
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Mike,
Michael McQuade wrote:
> Im
> running Tomcat 5.0.28 on a home server I want to allow people to
> look at a product I'm developing over the web But I am worried
> about my server being hacked Can anyone offer me some tips on
> how
U, also, can Tomcat be run on Port 80?
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Subject: Server Security
Hi folks, hope someone can offer me a little bit of advice. Im running
Tomcat 5.0.2
