Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 04:29 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> I want to allow general access to the web-server (apache) on my >> desktop, but not to any other services on this machine. > > What do you mean by general access? Access to read the files it serves? > Access to create files to be served? Access to configure the server? I asked the same question in another forum, and received a surprising number of responses along the same lines. I must say the question seemed fairly straightforward to me. By "general access" I meant that anyone could access the web-site, eg it should not be reserv>> I want to allow general access >> to the web-server (apache) on my desktop, >> but not to any other services on this machine. >> >> Could someone point me to a tutorial >> (or other documentation) explaining >> how to make this as safe as possible? > ---- > is this a trick question? Did you want some complicated answer? Why do you think it is a trick question? I was indeed looking for a simple answer. I have asked the same question in another forum, and was surprised at a similar response to yours - most people seeming to find the question bizarre. I would have thought the number of Linux users thinking of getting a cheap domain and setting up a web-server was likely to be gr greatly. I purchased a domain from www.eurodns.com for 18 euro/year, and this set me thinking how to run a web-server from home without too great a risk. I looked around for advice on this - a HOWTO or tutorial - and was surprised not to find one. > system-config-securitylevel > > enable www (httpd) > firewall enabled>> I want to allow general access >> to the web-server (apache) on my desktop, >> but not to any other services on this machine. >> >> Could someone point me to a tutorial >> (or other documentation) explaining >> how to make this as safe as possible? > ---- > is this a trick question? Did you want some complicated answer? Why do you think it is a trick question? I was indeed looking for a simple answer. I have asked the same question in another forum, and was surprised at a similar response to yours - most people seeming to find the question bizarre. I would have thought the number of Linux users thinking of getting a cheap domain and setting up a web-server was likely to be gr greatly. I purchased a domain from www.eurodns.com for 18 euro/year, and this set me thinking how to run a web-server from home without too great a risk. I looked around for advice on this - a HOWTO or tutorial - and was surprised not to find one. > system-config-securitylevel > > enable www (httpd) > firewall enabled > <OK> Well, that is more or less what I have done - so my question is, how secure will that be? I was reading some apache security documents, and they seemed frighteningly complicated. You have reassured me the issue may not be as difficult as I suspected. > <OK> Well, that is more or less what I have done - so my question is, how secure will that be? I was reading some apache security documents, and they seemed frighteningly complicated. You have reassured me the issue may not be as difficult as I suspected. ed to people kno > > And in what way do mean by your desktop? A short cut to something? Are > you referring to your user account? > > To my mind the desktop is nothing but the screen background where you're > able to place some icons and windows open up in front of it. It's a > very poor term to describe things by, as it means so many different > things to different people. > -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
