On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Adayapalam Appaiah Kumaraswamy wrote: > Dear Linux users, > I have a question. I connect to the internet using dial-up (KPPP) on my > standalone machine. When connected, I get the (temporary) IP address of > my computer. Now, I want to be able to fire up Apache and give this IP > address to my friends immediately, so that they can connect to the > internet and say http://<IP address> to have Apache serve pages from my > computer. Is it possible? > > Well, I guess it may be, but that would involve opening up port 80 on my > computer. But I was not able find information related to that in the > iptables man page. > > Do the hosts.allow/hosts.deny need to be modified (they don't have > anything in them right now).
if you are on redhat or fedora 1 then use redhat-config-securitylevel-tui it is easy to use. for fedora 2 the "redhat" has got changed to "system" so it looks like system-config..... debdash or suresh will give the iptables comman before you read this. > > Finally, I am doubly sure that on dial-up, this project is just for fun > and little more. However, if (a big if) I have a DSL or a similar fast > connection and a permanent IP address, will it be feasible to serve my > home page from my (powerful) PC, or will there be some security risks? > why not ? -hizibiz > Thank you. > Kumar > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
