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documentation_complete: true
title: 'Web Server'
description: |-
The web server is responsible for providing access to
content via the HTTP protocol. Web servers represent a significant
security risk because:
<br /><br />
<ul>
<li>The HTTP port is commonly probed by malicious sources</li>
<li>Web server software is very complex, and includes a long
history of vulnerabilities</li>
<li>The HTTP protocol is unencrypted and vulnerable to passive
monitoring</li>
</ul>
<br /><br />
The system's default web server software is Apache 2 and is
provided in the RPM package <tt>httpd</tt>.
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