Thanks again to all that responded to my information needs regarding Xen.
Ted
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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xend port
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:32:40 -0700
From: Ted Hilts <thilts@help-for-you.com>
To: Rich Persaud <rich.p@xensource.com>, xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
CC: Mark Williamson <maw48@cl.cam.ac.uk>, Tim.Deegan@cl.cam.ac.uk
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Rich
Thanks for your reponse
Bye - Thanks -- Ted
Rich Persaud wrote:
>
>>> My next question:
>>> What exactly is an HTTP/S server -- apparently it is a requirement
for
>>> browser administration access to a Xen-based system? Is Apache such
a
>>> server and if not can it be turned into such a server???
>>>
>>
>>
>> HTTPS? It''s a secured version of HTTP. I don''t
think you shouldn''t
>> need to install anything extra to make this work - Twisted includes
>> its own HTTP server.
>>
>> (btw, Apache can serve over HTTPS but we don''t use it in Xen)
>>
>>
> netstat -anp excerpt of Xen 2.0.4 on CentOS 3.4:
>
> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8000
> 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 17856/python tcp
> 0 0 0.0.0.0:8001 0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN 17856/python tcp 0 0
> 0.0.0.0:8002 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> 17855/xfrd tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8080
> 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 17977/python
> User manual says this can be configured via
> /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/sv/params.py. This file does not
> exist in the /usr/lib/python*, but /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp includes:
>
> # Port xend should use for the HTTP interface.
> (xend-port 8000)
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) xend web interface appears on port 8080 (non SSL). Is the
> xend-config.sxp parameter not honored?
>
> 2) Does Twisted natively support SSL? I found conflicting statements
> in my brief research.
>
> 3) What is listening on ports 8000 and 8001?
>
> 4) Related subject, how is xfrd (port 8002) secured against malicious
> domain transfers?
>
>
> Rich
>
>
>