[TriLUG] free (or very cheap) nonprofit web hosting?

[Roy Vestal]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike M" <linux-support at earthlink.net>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] free (or very cheap) nonprofit web hosting?


> On Tuesday 28 January 2003 11:09, Chris Merrill wrote:
> > Mike M wrote:
> > > I was wondering about low cost hosting as well.  I am fearful of using
my
> > > own LAN as a public site.  I don't have enough security experience to
do
> > > that.
> >
> > I have very little security experience...for that matter I'm pretty
> > inexperienced with Linux, as well.  But thanks primarily to the help
> > I've received from this group, I've been running a Linux web/mail
> > server/firewall at home for about 2 years now.  AFAIK, there have not
> > been any break-ins to my machine in that time.  I check the logs
> > occasionally, and have never found anything suspicious, no rogue
> > processes, no e-mail originating from the server that was not expected.
> >
> > There's only one way to get the experience...just do it!
>
> That is good to hear.  How do you test your website?  Log into your TriLUG
> shell account and use lynx?
>
> I worry about things like an Apache exploit or a PHP exploit where someone
> can break into the host and then wander around the rest of the system from
> the compromised host.  I'd have to strengthen the security throughout my
> network - probably not a bad idea.  But what about those two M$ machines -
> are they impervious to attack if they have no servers or email clients (I
use
> Kmail and my wife uses a Yahoo account)?
> --
> Mike M.
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