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System Administrator’s Guide 47
Shiva web server
Clicking the Shiva VPN Gateway Web Server tab takes you to the page to configure
the administrative web server. This web server is responsible for running the
web-based management console.
Note: Changing the web server port number is strongly recommended if you are
allowing Internet access to the management console. This will help hide the
Management Console from casual web surfers who type your Shiva VPN
Gateway's Internet IP address into a web browser. Ideally, you should use Packet
Filtering rules (see the Packet Filtering section later in this chapter) to restrict who
has access for remote administration (i.e. allow connections on the administrative
web server port from trusted originating IP addresses only).
The web-based management console is usually accessed on the default HTTP port
(i.e. 80).
After changing the web server port number, you must include the new port number in
the URL to access the pages. For example, if you change the web administration to
port number 88, the URL to access the web administration will be similar to:
http://192.168.1.1:88