At 09:09 6-3-02 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: > > My home network is behind a cable modem router(*) so I can access the > > Internet from various computers in the house. Is it possible to limit > > access from outside to just the webserver? I would not want outsiders > > to nose around on the other computers in the network. > > > > (*) Or at least, that will be the situation by the time I actually start > > setting up a webserver. > >Assuming that your home network uses DHCP or NAT, you'll have to use a >service such as EasyDNS to propagate your IP address. As long as you only >"publish" that machine's address, no other machine would be reachable from >outside. On the other hand, if you have static, routable IP addresses (very >unlikely if they do cable modem service the way it is here), they'll all be >accessible unless you block them with a firewall.
The home network, once it is in place, will use DHCP (the cable modem router comes with a built-in DHCP server and firewall). The modem itself will only see the router and will not be aware that there are multiple computers on the other side of the router. I have only one IP address; technically it is dynamic, but since the connection will be open 24/7 it effectively becomes a static IP address. >Are you looking for server space for Brin-L stuff? In a while, yes. My website is currently approx. 10 MB in size, and with the various planned additions I will eventually need more than the 15 MB disk space I get from GeoCities. It will be quite a while before the Great Brin-L Archive goes on-line, but once *that* happens I will need a few hundred MB of disk space. The main reason for setting up my own web server is money: by doing it myself I can host Brin-L.com with all the disk space and POP3 e-mail accounts I need, without having to worry about how much it is going to cost me. >A couple of months ago, I didn't tell you, but I once again tried to set up >a secure way for you to use space on my server. But I couldn't figure out >how to keep your sandbox secure while also giving the web server access to >it. I'm certain it's possible and if this is for Brin-related stuff, I'll >give it another shot if you like. If you can find the time, please do. >Come to think of it, I have yet another solution. I have a Mac doing >nothing, which runs Yellow Dog Linux. I could make that machine completely >available to you. Anyone know if Apache performance is reasonable on a >7500/100 Power Mac? My website, hosted on a Mac? I can already see William Goodall ROTFLHAO... :-) (For the non-chatters: William and I keep going on against each other about the inferiority of Windows or Mac OS; poor misguided William still believes that the Mac OS is the superior OS...) Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
