[dba-Tech] Apache Web Server

Hi Paul:

Maybe your company could invest in a router. The beauty of a router is that you can shut all ports except the particular ones you need. If you are just doing mail the only port you leave open is port 80 and then you are one hundred percent protected as long as you don't run some mail received malware....no need for all those other firewalls...as they are only needed to protect others from your malware and your windows products are generally good enough. 

Jim 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hartland" <paul.hartland at googlemail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 7:45:58 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Apache Web Server

Jim/Arthur,

This is where I show how much I do NOT know, I am in the UK with a company
called Virgin, using a cabled broadband modem, basically cable from wall
socket into modem into PC.  I am assuming that I do not have a router,
unless their is something built into the broadband modem (hides face in
shame)...

Paul




On 17 February 2014 15:41, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Paul:
>
> You do have a router?
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Hartland" <paul.hartland at googlemail.com>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <
> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 6:08:45 AM
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Apache Web Server
>
> To all,
>
> Last year (being a total novice with web stuff) I put the Apache web server
> on my PC and basically put a very simple page saying 'Hello World' and
> asked a friend to see if they could see the page, to my amazement yes they
> could, then to my disappointment another friend said people would find it
> easy to hack into my machine and I would need a firewall (think he said
> hardware one) in between my broadband box and my PC.  Is this correct and
> if so does anyone have any suggestions as I have lost contact with that
> friend after he moved to Australia.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help on this.
>
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