Install IIS and lock it down. Then pray. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Fruchey Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] polite rant (was: Webhosting suggestions?)
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 > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
