Web-based Admin

Brian Fahrlander brian at fahrlander.net
Mon Oct 29 15:16:36 UTC 2007


Miano, Steven M. wrote:
> 
>>     Yeah, it's very solid; it's chief usefulness to me is that, if I
>> don't know how to set something up, I can rely on Webmin to establish a
>> working config file for me.
>>
>>     But as always, as is the reason it's not in the repo (I'm guessing)
>> be careful how you make it available- it's kinda insecure. Use it behind
>> a firewall.

> Or ensure that you have SSL and a strong password (as in more then 8 characters and not all lowercase, or lowercase and numbers).
> 
> Web-Min is by far my choice, I had no inclination to pay for CPanel. It seems like far too much money for far too little return.

    I don't think it's a matter of securing the conversation mid-admin, 
but rather having the open port listening all day to the hacking traffic.

    I love this package; it's a monument of how slick Perl can be; but a 
lot of people won't trust it, 'facing the sea'.

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