setting up a server - port forwarding + DMZ?

[heartsurgeon]

what is the safest way to set up a server behind a router?

forwarding port 80 to a fixed IP address (separate computer on the network dedicated only to serving up a web site),
of setting that computer in a DMZ and forwarding port 80 to its fixed ip address?

or do i know so little about setting up a server that my question is just plain stupid..

help me out here..safest way to setup or configure a http server behind a router, on a business network, where you do not want anyone to be able to screww around with the rest of the network
the network is running on win2000 server, the router is a d-link, the computer which will be the http server is running red hat linux.

 

[Soybomb]

Use portforwarding, by putting the server in the DMZ you effectively allow all traffic to it (think forwarding every port).

 

[Heisenberg]

Yeah, putting the machine in the DMZ means all the ports are open. Use forwarding and just forward the ports you need.

 

[heartsurgeon]

thanks

 

[Ulfwald]

Setting up a home web server

Try this for some help in regards to setting up your server.