Okay, I have a friend who wants to host a domain on a Windows box. Besides the obvious security implications, how would one proceed?
Joey On 5/3/05, -ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2005, Justin W. Pauler wrote: > > > Now, maybe I'm in the minority on this, but there are only two (major) > > broadband players in Baton Rouge and I'm not jeopardizing my account > > with my ISP, because I'm definitely not going to order a POTS line so > > I can have DSL. > > "Don't run a server" has ALWAYS been in ISP AUP's. I've never heard of > anyone getting their ISP account terminated for running a small server to > host the family album. Now if you're hosting porn or illegal content, > that's different. Ports are blocked because of worms and virii, not to > prevent servers. Your little server uses a lot less upstream bandwidth > than p2p users that run 24/7. > > Also as an aside, you are THEIR customer. You shouldn't live in fear of > "jeopardizing your account". They need to do everything they can to keep > your business. You should demand great service and complain loudly when > you don't get it. If they still don't want your business tell them "come > get this damn cable modem and turn off the cable TV and BTW do you know > the number for DirecTV and Bellsouth?" > > ray > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org > Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University > IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
