[mdlug] home hosting

[Dave Arbogast]

First thing is your provider must allow hosting - Comcast not being the 
most honest about traffic shaping.
Second, if you also host email, you need your IP Static (makes life 
simpler for any hosting, but less important than email) and have the 
reverse DNS pointing to your host name - goes back to a good provider.
Third is I'd use a firewall of a different distro - IPCOPS is easy and 
just about any old PC will fit the bill. Limit incoming ports to only 
those you need open.
Fourth is to keep your box patched for security - automate if you can. 
Be sure in any case ssh is block for root - use su to get to root when 
you need it.

These 4 will keep your stress level down as you will be under attack 
early on. Lots from China and some from former USSR.

-dave

allen wrote:

>I'm looking for a bit of wisdom on the ins and outs of hosting off my 
>home PC. I'm running a LAMPP stack on Ubuntu and am using floppyfw as 
>router software. My application isn't particularly processor or disk 
>intensive although bandwidth might be a consideration since I'm serving 
>up podcasts.
>
>Allen
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