I never had to worry with random DOS attacks, but there were a huge multitude of log entries for (not that it mattered, as I was running Apache) scripts looking for IIS parent path vulnerabilities, cmd.exe exploits, and random hunting - as I mentioned for phpMyAdmin and phpBB in certain paths. -----Original Message----- From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of VOLKAN ÖZÇELÝK Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2005 11:16 PM To: hershelr at netvision.net.il; thelist at lists.evolt.org Subject: Re: [thelist] Hosting at Home My experience is you will need some a good firewall because in less than a week cyber-junkies who want to have some fun will find you out and may cause headaches on your server with their DOS attacks.