PS. I should add that it appears that no communication from the external world is able to get to the Linux box, regardless of the port. before i change the UseCanonicalName.. could you explain how this would affect the external user accessing the server. I can't quite see why this would make a difference.... -bruce -----Original Message----- From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Gordon Messmer Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 11:12 AM To: psyche-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: linux security/network issue.... On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 10:57, Bruce Douglas wrote: > If I configure my router to do port forwarding with Port 80 pointing to the > Windows Box with Apache, external users can view the server. If I change the > router/port forwarding to point to the Linux Box/Apache server, the user is > unable to access the Apache server. A quick review of the Apache log files > does not reveal a hit to the server. This seems to indicate that the request > from the external user didn't "get" to the Apache server. Try setting "UseCanonicalName" to "off" in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list