Re: webserver in linux at home ?

surf wrote:
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 ?

yes.

If this looked doable
for a guy like me, I might invest in a bigger desktop and install
ubuntu or something.

don't need a desktop. Just a headless server.

Can I run a website behind a router ?

better if you do, but you have to make sure that

1) you have a fixed IP address on your internet connection

2) your router alows ypou to map incoming port 80 calls to the public address to your linuxes native address.

3) you have a public dns somewhere that diverts queries about www.yoursite.com to whatever your fixed public IP adress is.

What if I
had a proxy server, would that make all this more secure and more
easily managable ?


thanks

.

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