Re: why do I have requests from inside apache server with source ports 80 and 443

"Simon Matter" <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:46:23 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.shorewall
Message-ID <11ecd84746095250782faab4510bc403.20231026184623.1698338783@xxl.corp.invoca.ch>
Hi,

>
>> Some comments:
>> (1) It's recommended to use HTTP(ACCEPT) and HTTPS(ACCEPT) rather than
>> Web(ACCEPT) which just combines the two.
>
> I don't understand why Web exist so, if not recommanded to use it.
> I replaced Web by HTTP and HTTPS lines, and of course, nothing changed.
>

I guess Web was there first but it became clear that it's not always
useful. In case you want only HTTPS then Web would be bad, I guess that's
why HTTP and HTTPS were created.

Web is just there for compatibility then - which is a good thing.

Regards,
Simon