Im setting up a small intranet site and planning on using apache to act as a web server on a local machine within the LAN.
My question is this. How do I configure apache so that its only accessible to users within the LAN (but not to anyone else, i.e. so its available on the internet as it where).
Thanks!
phranque
12:00 pm on Dec 15, 2006 (gmt 0)
you can specify a list of ip:port addresses with the Listen directive: [httpd.apache.org...]
jdMorgan
2:41 pm on Dec 15, 2006 (gmt 0)
By far the simplest way is to make sure that the server is only listening to the local, non-routable LAN IP address and that your router does not forward WAN requests to it (See "port-forwarding" in your router manual). Addresses such as 192.168.x.x, 172.16.x.x through 172.31.x.x, and 10.x.x.x cannot be routed, and therefore are only available on those local subnets.
