Re: [NTLK] NPDS: Network setup questions

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Sat Nov 27 2004 - 11:58:05 PST


On Nov 25, 2004, at 6:03 PM, Jeff Henry wrote:

> I use is 8080 not the normal port 80 for web traffic as I already
> have a webserver running on 80.

It's really better to avoid port 80 on the Newt as a server due to the
volume of stupid attack traffic around directed at windows boxes. This
volume of incoming requests extracts a high price from poor little Newt
:~( Using a non standard port avoids this.

Marty

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