Re: Documentation server security issues

[Bernd Eckenfels <lists@lina.inka.de>]

Hello,

On Jul 7, Riku Saikkonen wrote
>   An HTTP server listening on any TCP port is not secure, even
>   if you configure it to only allow accesses from the local host.

You can bind on 127.0.0.1, which is then fairly secure.

Greetings
Bernd
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