Hi, the servers section on http://ubuntuforums.com is pretty good for those sort of questions. I also run a file/webserver off virgin and it works pretty well. Ubuntu has a built in firewall but if you want to make any configurations to it then firestarter is a good gui for your firewall. I use postfix for outgoing mail because it's very easy to set up and have my domains point to my ip. I buy my UK domains from http://123-reg.co.uk and my .com domains from http://nameroute.com and use http://zoneedit.com as my dns provider. I think it's important to restrict access to certain folders on your server. For example you dont want random people being able to go to http://www.yourname.com/phpmyadmin. For my ftp server I use gprofftpd which is a version of proftpd that has a nice gui. You'll never have a fully secure system but if you use the advice given by people here and on the forums then you should be fine.
--- Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I've had a machine running as an ad-hoc web/file > servery thing across my > home internet connection (shared 20Mb Virgin Media > stuffs (MB? I always > get the upper/lower case B's confused)) and have > considered turning the > machine solely over to this after getting my nice > shiny new dell laptop. > > If I turned it to this permanantly (as I hope to!) > I'd obviously need a > bit more info on setting it up re:security and > suggested programs (I'd > end up largley running Apache/PHP/mod_mono as I'm > considering going into > web design and it'd be good practice to get used to > as many languages as > possible). > > I'd also be considering using it as a mailserver, > but have never set one > of these up, ever. So any advice on mail packages > and the like would > also be much appreciated!! > > The box itself is a 4GHz Hyperthreaded P4 with 1.5gb > of RAM and 2*250gb > hdd's (it also currently has 2 flatscreens, but it > won't need them once > it's been serverised!) > > Thanks very much (as usual) for any info! > > -Matt Daubney > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
