Hi - I have a linux server configured with a major cloud service provider and I had installed a web app on
Tomcat Server and also configured Apache as a proxy at port 8080 for my web site. Just yesterday when i logged into my cloud account, i found that the total bandwidth in and out is about 90GB though i had never used this much GB. When I inquired with the clould support folks they told me the below
It looks like you have port 8080 open as a http proxy Someone probably found that and has been using that.
What does this mean ? How can someone else use my apache server's port 8080 for their purpose ? How can i prevent this ? I have stopped my server at this point to avoid further misuse.
Please suggest.
Thanks, Deepna