webserver in linux at home ?


I previously investigated running a webserver at home with light
traffic. If my site started getting too many hits, I'd host it
someplace else, using a cable modem through RCN can I get away with
that ?

Anyway, previous research led me to believe if I was hosting a site on
a windows box, there where too many security issues. I'm a programmer
and not heavily admin oriented. I recently started getting into linux
having some free time. I recently installed knoppix 5.01 on a 10 gig
hard drive, old desktop w/256 meg ram, and vector linux on a 15 gig
older desktop w/126 meg ram. So I am having fun with linux so far. Is
the security issue less of a problem on linux ? If this looked doable
for a guy like me, I might invest in a bigger desktop and install
ubuntu or something. Can I run a website behind a router ? What if I
had a proxy server, would that make all this more secure and more
easily managable ?


thanks

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