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 <http://www.backbutton.co.uk> On Thu, 13 Mar 2025, 19:18 Frank Gingras, <thu...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM Zahid Rahman <zahidr1...@gmail.com> 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 webserver via port 80. >> >> If this is the routine followed by most hosting companies and front end >> developers , >> then are most apache webservers not acting as proxies but as >> webservers ? >> >> >> >> >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> ♡۶♡ ۶♡۶ >> >> <http://www.backbutton.co.uk> >> >> On Thu, 13 Mar 2025, 16:13 Frank Gingras, <thu...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM Zahid Rahman <zahidr1...@gmail.com> >>> 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/index.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>>> ♡۶♡ ۶♡۶ >>>> >>>> <http://www.backbutton.co.uk> >>>> >>>> On Thu, 13 Mar 2025, 14:51 Frank Gingras, <thu...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM Zahid Rahman <zahidr1...@gmail.com> >>>>> 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♡ ۶♡۶ >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What does "serve codebase directly" mean here, exactly? >>>>> >>>> >>> In that case, it depends on how the administrator configured their >>> server. >>> >>> In most cases, they will give you control over your content, and you can >>> choose to proxy, or not. >>> >>> As well, some may use horizontal scaling or similar approaches; you will >>> need to ask the hoster what they use. >>> >>> What is the actual question, or problem you're trying to solve here? >>> >> > No, that's not what a proxy means. Proxying content means using another > server/backend to serve the contents. > > What you are describing is just being a hosting provider. >
