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Originally Posted by iron25
Before we waste time on all this uploading to your webspace, why are you not willing to just access your own server from the world wide web. I can't see the point in installing apache and php and then refusing any access from the outside world. If the server is setup correctly then opening port 80 on your router will not be a problem and the server status page is already written for you. You can really secure a web server if you know what you are doing, the simplest approach would be to require authentication from the user.
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Ok, so that's probably the best way to go then.....
I don't want anybody to think I'm after all the answers without doing any work but I'm anxious to make sure I get this right (and having
very little experience.....), after all the server will have all sorts of files on it, not just the web stuff.
Where's the best place to start with regard to securing the server?
I notice, for example, that when I load a webpage from it I can get to the root of the c:\Apache2\htdocs folder and view everything that is in there if I leave out the filename.