Securing PyDoc and CGIHTTPserver
Irmen de Jong
irmen at -NOSPAM-REMOVETHIS-xs4all.nl
Thu Jul 10 18:16:32 EDT 2003
Shane Hathaway wrote:
> What about binding only to the local (loopback) interface? That way,
> the system won't even listen for external connections. It's like a
> built-in firewall.
>
> The change is a one-liner. The DocServer computes the hostname for the
> loopback interface but then binds to all interfaces. So change this line:
>
> self.address = ('', port)
>
> to:
>
> self.address = (host, port)
>
I think Shane meant:
self.address = ('localhost',port)
--Irmen de Jong
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