[CentOS] CentOS automatically blocks port 80 out-of-the-box

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David M Lemcoe Jr. wrote:
> Let me clarify. When I install the web server packages on a Cent install.

You have to do that yourself. You know, do what a sysadmin does? :-)


Glenn


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> From: Brian Mathis
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> Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS automatically blocks port 80 out-of-the-box
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> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:57 PM, David M Lemcoe Jr. <forum at lemcoe.com> wrote:
>> Maybe I just haven't installed enough distros, but the times I've installed CentOS, I've had to remember that by default, iptables is blocking inbound port 80 requests. This leads me to believe that I have a non-OS firewall error because I can ping but not http request.
>>
>> Is there a particular reason for this? Or is it a fail on my end?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
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> Not every server is a web server.
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