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.
--
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
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> Hi folks, hope someone can offer me a little bit of advice. Im
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n Tomcat be run on Port 80?
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Hi folks, hope someone can offer me a little bit of advice. Im running
Tomcat 5.
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> 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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From: "Michael McQuade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat Users List"
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:38 AM
Subject: Server Security
Hi folks, hope someone can offer me a little bit of advi
Hi folks, hope someone can offer me a little bit of advice. 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 to protect it.
