What's on port 80?

[Michael Sheldon]

>>Kinda like Mickeysofts Personal web server only for linux huh? :-)

Sounds even lower-level than that. MS PWS is ISAPI compliant, meaning it can
run CGI and ISAPI modules like ASP and ColdFusion and PHP. The features it's
missing are meant to prevent you from using it as a heavy-duty webserver.
The features missing from dhttpd are to keep you from being hacked.

Michael J. Sheldon
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[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Don
Harrop
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 20:01
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Subject: Re: What's on port 80?


Kinda like Mickeysofts Personal web server only for linux huh? :-)


On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Bob George wrote:

> > Kinda looks like something named 'dhttpd' is running and listening on
> > port 80, no?
> >
> > try a quick 'ps -aux' and 'locate dhttpd' and see if it leaks juicy
> > bits.
>
> According to http://packages.debian.org/stable/web/dhttpd.html:
>
> Package: dhttpd 1.02a-5
> Minimal secure webserver. No cgi-bin support!
> As it doesn't run external programs, this webserver cannot be easily
hacked.
> Does not need a permanent IP Address. Memory efficient. Low profile.
Quick.
> Just transfers files. Can be run from a user account on high ports. No
> configuration necessary. It just works.
>
> 'apt-get remove dhttpd' should remove it.
>
> - Bob
>
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