Apache *.conf files and security

Gentlemen,

In /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf is this line include conf.d/*.conf so out of curiosity I looked in /etc/httpd/conf.d and found among others :

• BackupPC.conf
• roundcubemail.conf
• webalizer.conf

In these files you can find their alias, now when I go http://something.org/alias I get error 401, not authorized, error 403, forbidden and / or error 404, page not found.

If I change

Code:

order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 127.0.0.1 

Into this

Code:

order allow,deny
allow from all
#allow from 127.0.0.1

am I exposing my server to a security risk ?

PS when I changed the code the pages showed with or without username / password prompt.

 

By altering these lines, you make it available for the whole world. If you have no problems with it, then theres no problem.

 

@ Hooglander,


In the mean time I tried some other allow from lines

• allow from 192.168.0.1, my gateway, this works
• allow from 192.168.0.10, a computer in my home network, does not work
• allow from 192.168.0.100, my webserver, does not work
• allow from 62.194.xxx.xxx, my internet IP, does not work

I would like to access these pages from every computer ( at work, at friends, when with holyday )
There is no need for the world to access these pages.

 

You can do it with a ssh tunnel...

 

ssh tunnel ????

 

Code:

      Order Deny,Allow
      Deny From All
      Allow From 127.0.0.1
      Allow From 192.168.0.1
      Allow From 192.168.0.100
      Allow From 62.194.xxx.xxx

Alternatively, you can allow it to the world, but protect it with .htaccess