[Typo3-dev] typo3 admin on seperate port

[Vikram Mandal]

Hi Michael,
Thanks for the reply.

Michael Scharkow wrote:

> Vikram Mandal wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I need to run the typo3 admin on a seperate port (security reason).  
>> What options do I have? Is some  setting within  typo3 possible?
>
>
> TYPO3 does not know anything about ports, that's a webserver issue.

Just wanted to explore any possibility ;-)

>
>> May be we can configure a virtual host for the "/typo3" to run on  a 
>> seperate port. What implication could  it have on the functioning of 
>> the rest of the site?
>
>
> Not AFAIK.
>
>> BTW, I am not sure if we could configure a virtual host on Apache to 
>> run on a seperate port.
>
>
> I guess that's not possible, but you can always have another apache 
> instance listening on a different port.
>
> BTW, what exactly does moving /typo3 to another port add to security, 
> compared to apache access control?

We want to stop access to the site admin on a public port. Apache access 
control must be great, but we wanted to take yet one more  step towards 
security measures.....well the very big guys (Client's IT support) wants 
to explore the possibility.

>
> Greetings,
> Michael
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Thanks,
Vikram