[thelist] Hosting at Home

[Pete Prodoehl]

Hershel Robinson wrote:
> I have a fixed IP and I have a (I think) good router with a firewall. 
> It's a Netopia Model 3387W-ENT [1]. I run Apache on a Windows box for 
> local testing and so I know it a bit. I am in a wild and crazy mood and 
> I am considering the possibility of setting up a xAMP server in my house 
> and putting there a website.
> 
> I might build a Linux box or I might use my existing Windows server. I 
> know little about Linux put I understand that to build a simple LAMP 
> server can be fairly easy these days.

Install XAMPP:

   http://www.apachefriends.org/

My Linux box sits behind a router with very few ports open, and since 
XAMPP is so darn cool, you can set it up to use SSL, so port 443 instead 
of 80 will be used.

Pete