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04/09/2005, 15h10

Lee wrote:

> I installed Apache on my Windows XP computer in order to test my PHP
> web files locally before uploading to the web server. I'm worried about
> my computer being more vulnerable to attack now that I am running a web
> server. Is there a way to configure Apache so that I can only use it to
> display webpages locally on my machine, but disallow remote users from
> accessing the webserver?

Yes. However, in order to stack the odds, you should also disallow access
using a firewall, preferably an external box rather than a "software
firewall".

Thor

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04/09/2005, 15h10	#2
Thor Kottelin Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: want to use apache web server only on local machine Lee wrote: > I installed Apache on my Windows XP computer in order to test my PHP > web files locally before uploading to the web server. I'm worried about > my computer being more vulnerable to attack now that I am running a web > server. Is there a way to configure Apache so that I can only use it to > display webpages locally on my machine, but disallow remote users from > accessing the webserver? Yes. However, in order to stack the odds, you should also disallow access using a firewall, preferably an external box rather than a "software firewall". Thor -- http://www.anta.net/OH2GDF