Running a website from home

Crusty

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Read your ToS about hosting servers. 99.99% chance it's not allowed on a consumer connection from Comcast.
 

ImDonly1

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It is against the TOS, but they probably won't notice or say anything unless you send out lots of data 24/7 and go over the allowed data cap.
 
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Originally posted by: Absolution75
95% chance is they won't care though - most isp's block port 25 for smtp email though.

Comcast doesn't block port 25. My roommate's computer got a virus that was spamming e-mails out over port 25. I shut it off because it was crashing my router. A few hours later, I got an automated e-mail from comcast stating that a computer on my network was spamming e-mails over port 25 and it was temporarily closed on my connection.
 

Red Squirrel

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Most don't allow but if you make it less noticable you should be fine. They are more concerned about if you are making money off hosting and what not. Internet in the states is crazy good so lot of people probably try to do web hosting off it which takes away from their business customers who could be hosting with them.

If it's a single personal site hardly using bandwidth you should be safe.
 

RebateMonger

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One other question to consider is if you can get it hosted elsewhere? I've gotten web and email hosting for $10 a year. While web hosting can be done in relative safety if you pay attention to the security setup and keep the hosting software and host updated, it's always been an invitation to hackers/bots to try to get into the host computer.
 

Lean L

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Originally posted by: RebateMonger
One other question to consider is if you can get it hosted elsewhere? I've gotten web and email hosting for $10 a year. While web hosting can be done in relative safety if you pay attention to the security setup and keep the hosting software and host updated, it's always been an invitation to hackers/bots to try to get into the host computer.

QFT

My server has logs of the same IP trying thousands of times to get ftp access. It's annoying but there's always some person/bot trying to hack you even if they get nowhere. Make sure to close all unused ports and use administrative tools to disallow brute forcing.
 

Red Squirrel

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Originally posted by: iamanidiot
Originally posted by: RebateMonger
One other question to consider is if you can get it hosted elsewhere? I've gotten web and email hosting for $10 a year. While web hosting can be done in relative safety if you pay attention to the security setup and keep the hosting software and host updated, it's always been an invitation to hackers/bots to try to get into the host computer.

QFT

My server has logs of the same IP trying thousands of times to get ftp access. It's annoying but there's always some person/bot trying to hack you even if they get nowhere. Make sure to close all unused ports and use administrative tools to disallow brute forcing.

Yep I witnessed that first hand. I was setting up a ssh gateway for my home and had an account with credentials test/test that I was working with. I put it live (forwarded the port) and forgot to delete that account. 5 minutes later my entire network was grinding to a halt. Turned out the box got compromised and root kitted and the whole shebang, by a bot. My machine had already compromised 3 other remote machines in this time frame. Thankfully I had taken a snapshot of that VM. Made sure to delete that account + also install fail2ban, and I even went a step further and changed the port after testing that fail2ban was working properly. Changing the port at least stops most bots, making it easier to spot real hackers.
 

Jamsan

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I've had good experiences with this company in the past: http://www.webhost4life.com/hosting.asp

Host a few DNN sites that I manage. They are decently priced ($10 a month for .NET/SQL support), but I'm not sure what your storage needs are. You mentioned it's not a heavily used site, so I doubt you'll be using the full 2 GB for the DB. You could also port over to MySQL if it really becomes an issue :p
 

Red Squirrel

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I'd go to mysql right off the bat. M$ will tie you up more and more then as you grow you'll end up having to pay lot of money. At least with MySQL and other free solutions you can grow as much as you want.

M$ licensing is the biggest scam since Nigeria. They get you in every direction, but they reel you in with their free (but limited) products.