Better yet put it behind a firewall that only allows port 80, and install apache!
On Tue, 3 May 2005, Christian Tortorich wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
