Web servers · Management planes

Serve the site.Hide the rest.

A public web server has to answer on 80 and 443. Everything else it listens on is optional exposure.

Animation: a port scan of a server protected by SSHepherd finds no answer on Management planes, while an authorised session to the same server stays live through the SSHepherd broker, both ends connecting outbound.
The exposure

The site needs 80 and 443.Nothing else does.

A web server is rarely listening on only its published ports. Management consoles, admin panels, deployment endpoints, staging virtual hosts and the SSH or RDP used to maintain the box are all reachable alongside the site itself.

Management consoles

Admin panels and deployment endpoints answer the same scan that finds the website.

Staging virtual hosts

Non-production sites, often left on defaults, discoverable alongside the live one.

The SSH or RDP behind it

The remote access used to maintain the box, reachable from anywhere.

The site stays open.The back door is gone.

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Inbound listening ports on a protected host
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Minutes to deploy and protect a server
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Changes for visitors on 80 and 443
How it works

The port is closed.Not hidden.

Step 01
Admin ports go dark

SSHepherd closes the listening ports that are not meant to be public, while the site keeps serving normally on 80 and 443.

Step 02
The host dials out

Administrative access to the host — the shell, the management console, the deployment path — moves onto an outbound connection to the broker, reachable only by authorised identities.

Step 03
Verified & watched

Only authorised identities are admitted. Every session can be monitored, recorded and ended on demand.

Developed by Full Armor Corporation. Distributed, deployed and supported across Southeast Asia by Auris.

Attacker scanNo inbound path
Permitted · outboundBlocked · inbound
Protected serversNo inbound listening ports
SSHepherd®Broker
Authorised usersAdmins & vendors
  • Nothing listens inbound
  • Access via broker only
  • Every session monitored
Portless architecture. Servers and users both connect outbound to the SSHepherd® broker, so the protected host never accepts an inbound connection.
What changes

Your team keeps working.Scanners get nothing.

The public site is unaffected

Visitor traffic on 80 and 443 continues to be served as normal.

The admin surface disappears

Management and deployment endpoints stop answering scans from the internet.

Staging stops leaking

Non-production virtual hosts are no longer discoverable alongside the live site.

Legacy stacks stay usable

An application that cannot safely be upgraded is protected by being unreachable.

See it

Watch it work.

Protect your IIS servers from hackers. A recorded demo from Full Armor, the developer of SSHepherd®.

Questions

Common questions.

Will this affect visitors to my website?

No. Ports 80 and 443 continue to serve traffic normally. SSHepherd closes the management and administrative ports that were never intended to be public.

Does it work with both Apache and Microsoft IIS?

Yes. SSHepherd operates at the port level rather than inside the web server, so the same model covers Apache, IIS and the tooling around them.

Can it protect an application we cannot patch?

Yes, and this is a common reason to deploy it. An unpatched or end-of-life admin interface that cannot be reached from the internet cannot be exploited from the internet.

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