[1487] in WWW Security List Archive
Web server update problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frode Hoem)
Fri Feb 16 15:26:58 1996
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 17:30:42 +0100
From: Frode Hoem <x-frode@nada.kth.se>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Hi there
Does anyone have any thoughts on how to update the files
on a web-server through a firewall without having to
sit at the servers console or using a write protected HD
updated on the inside of the firewall ?
I am thinking of a solution where files being updated very often
on the "inside" are shipped every 5 minutes or so out to the
server automatically. But what protocol would be the most
appropriate to do the transport ? FTP ? UUCP ? Something else ?
Security of the web-server is important, therefore some kind of
authorization mechanism is needed. Probably that would be
Kerberos or a smart-card solution, any thoughts on this ?
One final question: are there currently any servers supporting
the PUT method ?
Thanks very much for your time / Frode
