brucetcampbell wrote: > I intended to use my dynamic IP with a service. >
I have an ATT commercial DSL account... 5 static IP's, one NAT'ed to my desktop machines, one each for my servers, and two to play with. I don't know how your ISP might feel about you using a dynamic IP to host a server... they might get pissed if they catch you, and charge you a small fortune... better read the contract. Servers use a lot of 'upstream' bandwidth (or is it 'downstream')... incoming requests, so the typical 'Home' type account might not work too well, if you start seeing a lot of traffic. > This is the part where I am a little confused. When I played around > with it, I was unable to access the directories. Your web docs are > in htdocs. I assume that if your domain was www.yourdomain.com, then > hits would go directly to an index file in htdocs? Is that correct? > Ok... for building a website, you can put your pages anywhere... I have mine in a samba directory on my Red Hat Desktop (where I am typing this) called 'websites' (I build for clients, too, so I have more than just my own), which I can access from any machine on my LAN. This local copy is where I develop pages. Then, I use sftp to log into my webserver up in the attic, and I upload the new pages. This way I always have (at least) two copies of everything I write. Good idea. To develop static HTML pages, you don't need Apache or a web server even running... that is only necessary for scripts. Once you have Apache (or any web server) installed, and running, it will probably have a default directory for the web docs, that the world (or computers on you LAN) can see... it is usually called 'htdocs', and is a subdir of 'www', which is usually a subdir of /var hence: /var/www/htdocs But apache.conf (the config file) will let you change that default path, to whatever works for you. > I understand the risks involved. And I will beef up on security and > a firewall. > > Basically I am trying to learn some of this stuff and I find the > best way to learn is by doing. > > I appreciate the guidance. > I opted for OpenBSD primarily because of it's locked-down default state, its heavily audited (for correctness and security) code base, and PF... its packet filter. Good stuff, especially for computers that are not behind a 'keep state' firewall (works great for desktops, doesn't work for servers, due to the inbound traffic not being stateful. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
