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UNIX03/Securing Apache Configuration

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As we learned in UNIX02/Apache Configuration, Apache's configuration files are typically located in /etc/httpd/conf or /etc/apache/conf. The main configuration file (and the one we will be concerned with today) is httpd.conf.

We will now examine some specific problems and fixes with respect to security under Apache.

Apache Ownership and Permissions

Traditionally, Apache opens the web-server on port 80. Because this port is under 1024, Apache must be started as root so that it may open the privileged TCP port.

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