CGISecurity.net: Fingerprinting Port 80 Attacks, Part 2 | Linux Today

CGISecurity.net: Fingerprinting Port 80 Attacks, Part 2

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 6, 2002

[ Thanks to Bobin_69 for this link.
]

“Port 80 is the standard port for websites, and it can
have a lot of different security issues. These holes can allow an
attacker to gain either administrative access to the website, or
even the web server itself. This second paper was written to help
the average administrator and developer to have a better
understanding of the types of threats that exist, along with how to
detect them.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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