On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM Zahid Rahman <zahidr1...@gmail.com> 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 ? > > > > > ¯\_(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. >> > The purpose of this mailing list is to help with apache httpd configuration and errors. Your questions are better suited for a generic web hosting forum.
