[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ WANTED: Networking & Security gurus!, COME ONE, COME ALL

[Boss429]

Alright you networkers!

I would like all your help! I am going to petition my director, and boss actually, for our schools Technology Area. I want a PHP server. Which I can get no prob if it is not LIVE.

After talking to some of the other UTS people, it si a general agreement for me to build the "prototope" showing look what i learned! Can we have ti live now?


I believe i have enough spare parts at my disposal.... most ly older equip.


I can perobably get an Old P3 or p2 for the system, hopefully 256mb ram but ithink most have 128.

HD... well i have not idea on the size which at the moment is not that important.

But here is what i would like to do:

Win200 server and Linux(unix or whatever i get as recommends form youguys) in a dual boot.

I like Apache, but with internet secutiory, ignoring or not using somethnig is not a way to do things.

So things I will neeD:
(LIST TO BE UPDATED)

* 2 O/s linux, unix, what ever and winskserv (i have that)
* system
* Apache
* Mysql
* php

what am i missing?

And I would like the help of anyone seasoned to the the drawbacks, loop holes, and flaws in this set up, and how to fix them to step up and give a hand.

School well the got rid of PHP on the main system cause of a hacker called... badtiger, or redtiger who brought down the main system over the summer, and they are very hestiant.. rather deadset against having serverside scripting and the "i" server front end cause that area is the students, shared DIRs, the ftp, and mail server.


So If I can prove to them it is looked down, though if it were to go live, they would make sure there was no .. other system acess availible.

There is currently a comupter i can use that is already setup witn win2k serv.. onlkhy mabye installed two weeks ago and is only use for the netwokring for dummies course.. has two NICS, cause ti was acting as a router/bridge between teh two subnets. (madeup)

Bear, DK, Pimps, Rad, anyone, even songi, though maybe at the end cause he causes things to spark, flame and rendered useless.

thanks gents!

This post has been edited by Boss429: Dec 1 2004, 06:58 PM

[DutchKid]

I assume that you've already locked down all the internet ports that are not needed for it to function correctly. So that leaves the software that has access to the internet and is visible from the outside open. Patch where needed, check google for msgs about security, specifically for the software. Keep things up to date, but not TOO much up to date if you get me...

To prove that it's good, keep it running for a few weeks, connected to the net, then advertise the server. If you keep it running it's good :D