Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:21:31 -0800 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> To: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Security for webserver behind router? Message-ID: <41EE0A7B.0@att.net>
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I've brought up a 5.3 Release machine as a learning tool, with apache 1.3. It is on a LAN with Windows machines, and port 80 (and only port 80) is open and directed by the Linksys router to the FreeBSD machine. It is working fine so far, but my learning curve is slower than I would like. I know that there's lots to learn and do later about security, when I bypass the Router and use the FreeBSD box as the NAT device, but for now I would like to confine my learning to Apache, with only port 80 open. I do have ftp and ssh enabled on the LAN for access by the Windows boxes. As I haven't done anything for security on the FreeBSD machine, am I exposed to anything by having port 80 open? Is there anything I should do now? Jay O'Brien Rio Linda, California USA
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