CentOS does not open ports like that when you install a package, that's something you have to do yourself. I recently heard a podcast (http://twit.tv/floss62) talking about eBox which sounded like a management platform that does something like what you are looking for. On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 7:02 PM, David M Lemcoe Jr. <forum at lemcoe.com> wrote: > Let me clarify. When I install the web server packages on a Cent install. > > > ------Original Message------ > From: Brian Mathis > Sender: centos-bounces at centos.org > To: CentOS Mailing list > ReplyTo: CentOS Mailing list > Sent: Apr 7, 2009 19:00 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS automatically blocks port 80 out-of-the-box > > 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 > > > Not every server is a web server. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >