use pc as php server?

Anon

can i post my local apache/php/mysql site online (currently running on my pc)? ie: use my pc as a server. what are the security issues involved? thanks

Anon

Yes you can you only need to post your ip(external) or get someone to host DNS for you. The security issues are the same as with any webserver. Also if this is your primary pc this is a bad idea coz if you get hacked all your information can be accessed. But if this is only to show eg. clients/friends it should be O.K

Anon

"post your ip(external)" ? how do i do that?

tasistro

Probably you have a dynamic IP. Even in broadband it will probably hop. You need to get a site with a fixed IP and then all your visitors to that site get redirected to your pc. You'll need a script that updates the redirect IP of that site.

To save on all this problems I would recomend you get a apache/php/mysql host with a dedicated IP. Those are always online and will cost you the electricity to run you PC (really cheap). If disk space is an issue then you should have both. A dedicated host to run you page from and you PC to store heavy data. Again your PC will need to tell your host what its IP is about every hour or so to be sure.

Saludos
Gerardo

ame12

You can use a free dynamic naming service like http://www.dns2go.com (so you could set up a domain like eric.dns2go.com that will always match your IP address).

Dave

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Anon

the apache webserver with ssl have running on my platform~!
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