Windows server

Hello,
I would like to build a server on my computer at home.
Which kind of server can I put on that computer?
What should be the platform for that server?
Which softwares can you advise me to start?
I am client of a service which is my provider for the adsl which is the
connection I am using...
Anything(even web pages where I could get more informations)are
welcome...
thanks
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As a minimum you should have as your operative system windows 2000 or XP.

Then start with getting your host name on the internet, like using
http://www.no-ip.com/services/page/free/dynamic/dns or
http://www.zoneedit.com/doc/dynamic.html . I'm assuming you have a dynamic.

Next are you behind a router? Do you have more than one computer on your
dsl? You will need to know how to forward the needed ports from the router
to your internal static IP.

Then start with a web server. I would not use the microsoft servers. I use
apache2
http://apache.webmeta.com/httpd/bina...x86-no_src.msi .
Learn how to use that: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/ . Or maybe
http://www.xitami.com/bs3224d9.exe and learn to use it:
http://www.imatix.com/html/xitami/index.htm .

Having your own server is fun if you like tinkering around with your
computer. There are prepackaged "canned" server solutions but I wouldn't
rate them as safe security-wise.

Rach


"Conan" <constant.news.invalid@web2news.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I would like to build a server on my computer at home.
> Which kind of server can I put on that computer?
> What should be the platform for that server?
> Which softwares can you advise me to start?
> I am client of a service which is my provider for the adsl which is the
> connection I am using...
> Anything(even web pages where I could get more informations)are
> welcome...
> thanks
> --
> Direct access to this group with http://web2news.com
> http://web2news.com/?comp.infosystem...ers.ms-windows