hi all.....

i want to host my website locally at my work lan,they agreed to do so......i need to know what should i do to host it??
what is the requierments for that???

i want to allow internet users to visit this site.

thanks in advance

Well, you need a hosting machine. It needs to run 24/7 and monitor is optional. You can put windows on it, and install apache from a search on google. You can install php from php.net and any mods you need for it. You can get a machine from your local pawn shop. Almost anything will host a single low intensity site. Its probably easier on your wallet to just buy some shared hosting somewhere. 125 in equipment vs 5/mo for shared hosting that does same stuff with less headaches.

You can host on XP professional. You could actually host from your cable modem, DSL, or any dedicated IP. Your machine just has to have an dedicated IP and any any webserver. The world is not limited to just IIS or Apache.

If you have Windows, you don't have to use Apache. IIS is built into Windows 2000 Professional (and Server of course) along with it being built into XP (and Server 2003 of course).

Originally posted by TechSolution
being built into XP

Cannot be XP Home edition. PROFESSIONAL ONLY.

Do yourself a favor, and don't use IIS. I would feel pretty bad if my little pet website box gets hit with Code Red part 45 three months down the road and is the cause of my entire company's network disintigrating. They probably wouldn't be too happy with you then. Install apache.

If you're running URL Scan, Code Red doesn't affect IIS 5.0. Code Red does not affect IIS 6.0.

If IIS is behind a company firewall (and you can't access it from outside the firewall), it can't be hit by Code Red, regardless of how patched/unpatched it is.

That's a lot of Ifs. It depends on the poster, I assume he meant locally to mean he wanted to host it from his work location, but have it be accessable to the 'net, in which case firewalling it entirely isn't an option. As for Code Red not affecting IIS 6 etc, I was using it as a generalization. I'm just saying with Microsoft's track record, chances are good that you'll get hit with another worm. Not to mention the fact that IIS isn't all that great to begin with.
Apache may have more of a learning curve if you're not used to using *nix, but it's worth it.

IIS is more secure than you might think.

If you don't need ASP/ASP.NET then use Apache on Linux... There's no point in buying a Windows 2000/2003 license to run Apache.