I agree on the whole MS opinions bit. I also agree about it being off topic, and meant to open it by saying that, but I erased it in fear PHP would consider it OT and become all mad and whatnot. The only problem with the shared hosting idea is that I would have to take time to upload and setup the MySQL tables all over again when I want to update my work. On the other hand, if I locally host it, I just have to link them to my IP or domain pointing to my IP and they can see it straight off my machine. Any other suggestions? ------------------------------------ Stephen Craton webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx IM: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.melchior.us ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: M Saleh EG [mailto:m.saleh.eg@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 8:40 PM To: jabber@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Stephen Craton; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Securing Servers Hi there, I'd agree with Radhita saying "how about getting a low cost shared hosting solution instead?" but plz Radhita, don't bring your biased opinions about MS vs Opensource or Linux vs Windows over here. It's so subjective and plus gets an off-topic topic more off ! We all benefit from this valuable list so plz dont make your posts a flood! On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 07:29:11 +0600, raditha dissanayake <jabber@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > This is some what off topic. > > Stephen Craton wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I'm in the process of hooking up my own personal web server for use by > >certain clients to view the progress on work I'm doing for them. However, > >I'm on a shared network that is behind a firewall and some computers on the > >network need to stay secure as possible. I've heard that if you gain access > >to one computer, the whole thing is vulnerable. > > > > > It depends on the configuration of your other machines. > > >I've going to be running Apache with PHP on my Windows box that has > > > > > if you are concerned about security windows is out. > > >antivirus all set up and whatnot. My question comes in terms of port > >security. Since I'll be having the port open for Apache, I want to make sure > >nothing naughty gets through the port. > > > This is pretty hard to do. Once you open the port you allow virtually > anything through but on linux iptables can do some basic checks against > malformed packets etc. > > > What should I do to secure it to the > >best ability? Is there any special firewall I can use or any special tricks > >I should do? How should I configure Apache and PHP in order to keep it as > >secure as possible but still functional? > > > >I have considered using Linux, but until I can get myself a separate > >computer box to dedicate to the server, I'm stuck with using my personal > >computer as the server as well and all my programs/games need Windows. > > > > > how about getting a low cost shared hosting solution instead? > > >Any help here would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Thanks, > >Stephen Craton > > > > > > > > -- > Raditha Dissanayake. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.radinks.com/sftp/ | http://www.raditha.com/megaupload > Lean and mean Secure FTP applet with | Mega Upload - PHP file uploader > Graphical User Inteface. Just 128 KB | with progress bar. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- M.Saleh.E.G 97150-4779817 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
