HOW TO: Start your own home server [both Windows & Linux]

[cbr.696]

I agree with funnyguy. Firewall is a must. Windows is not good for a server as you have concern more about the security. In this point linux is better as it is less likely to get attacked by viruses and its user writes management provides extra security for the file system. Linux has built in firewall which you should configure carefully otherwise blocks everything.

You should also concern about the writes for each folder in your web root. These settings could be configured by the web server software. And be careful not to let people to browse the unwanted folders in your web server. It could be a disaster.

 

[funnyguy]

I agree with funnyguy. Firewall is a must. Windows is not good for a server as you have concern more about the security. In this point linux is better as it is less likely to get attacked by viruses and its user writes management provides extra security for the file system. Linux has built in firewall which you should configure carefully otherwise blocks everything.

You should also concern about the writes for each folder in your web root. These settings could be configured by the web server software. And be careful not to let people to browse the unwanted folders in your web server. It could be a disaster.

Fether more, you might want to make the server run in a seperate user account. And then you can give advanced security permissions for that user account (ie. only allow the account to access the website root and its sub folders).

 

[demo123]

funnyguy

Fether more, you might want to make the server run in a seperate user account. And then you can give advanced security permissions for that user account (ie. only allow the account to access the website root and its sub folders).

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cbr.696

I agree with funnyguy. Firewall is a must. Windows is not good for a server as you have concern more about the security. In this point linux is better as it is less likely to get attacked by viruses and its user writes management provides extra security for the file system. Linux has built in firewall which you should configure carefully otherwise blocks everything.

I agree with cbr.696

Windows is not good for a server

lot of people using O/S Debian Linux for a server

 

[cbr.696]

Windows is not good because it is most likely to get attacked y viruses and hackers favourite choice. Its not that OS is not good. There are web server large ones which runs on windows. But for a home web server linux is good as you don't have to pay much atttention to it then. I have used SUSE linux for web servers where I work. Very easy to setup also.

I also would like to thank the guy who started this tread. Knowledge sharing is everything today. So no one has go somewhere to learn things. Share more. Then you will get more