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n0cmonkey

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<< Hmmm.....does anyone know of any good http servers? I don't like Apache because there's no GUI so it's hard to set up. >>


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, keep serving web pages with your desktop OS :) >>


don't listen to monkey, soon he'll start telling you to switch to BSD or something....
:p >>



There's no gui to hold your hand so I definitely wouldnt recommend it to L users ;)
 
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dude8604

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I actually dualboot Linux, but I mainly use Windows because I don't know enough about Linux yet. But really, are there any easy to set up http servers?
 
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n0cmonkey

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<< I actually dualboot Linux, but I mainly use Windows because I don't know enough about Linux yet. But really, are there any easy to set up http servers? >>



Zeus. Im looking at it for OpenBSD :D

But it doesnt look like it has a win32 port.
 
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n0cmonkey

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<< I switched to Apache. Please tell me how it works now. Thanks. >>



The apache site has great documentation if you cant understand the configuration file itself. You're welcome.
 
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I hope that you have a strong password on the ftp server that you're running on that IP...
 
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<< <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://pweiss.dyndns.org/atot.html" target=blank>my server -- now with dyndns!</A>

ultimatebob - I do have a strong password. I just hope that the ftp server has good security. >>

After ~2mins. I get this: Cannot find server or DNS Error





Edit:

<< The server is going offline for tonight (I need to turn off the computer) >>

That would explain why;)
 
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blstriker

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Not at all. If you install the proper patches, IIS works pretty well. Of course there are a lot of patches...
 
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Blayze

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My IP address changes on my DSL sometimes, is there away I can still setup a HTTP server and have it automatically find the new address.

That way I could get a www.something.com address to my friends and then they could always connect, even if the IP changes.
 
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n0cmonkey

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<< Not at all. If you install the proper patches, IIS works pretty well. Of course there are a lot of patches... >>



You basically have to take out all functionality to get it working properly. It takes more work to secure an insecure httpd ontop of an insecure OS than it would be to throw apache on top of an insecure OS.



<< My IP address changes on my DSL sometimes, is there away I can still setup a HTTP server and have it automatically find the new address.
That way I could get a www.something.com address to my friends and then they could always connect, even if the IP changes. >>



Dynamic dns. dyndns.org(?), cjb.net, some others that I cant think of right off.





 
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dude8604

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I use dyndns.org. The server is back online now. Does anyone know if there is some way for my cable router to act as a webserver so that it can display a webpage that says that the server is offline? Or could I have dyndns.org check to see if my server is online and if it is not then have it show something that says that the server is offline?

edit: I have WinXP home, so the Win2k IIS probably wouldn't work for me.
 
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n0cmonkey

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<< I use <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.dyndns.org" target=blank>dyndns.org</A>. The server is back online now. Does anyone know if there is some way for my cable router to act as a webserver so that it can display a webpage that says that the server is offline? Or could I have dyndns.org check to see if my server is online and if it is not then have it show something that says that the server is offline?

<STRONG>edit: I have WinXP home, so the Win2k IIS probably wouldn't work for me.</STRONG> >>



Why not leave the machine on?
 
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dude8604

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It's loud and it's in my room where I sleep. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. Thanks.
 
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