problems hosting my own website

I am attempting to host my own website, but have run into several
obstacles.
Due to the limited traffic I receive, I assumed I could use my dsl
connection and win2k server to host my site.

Obstacles:
My ISP (verizon) blocks port 80 so my windows http webserver listens on
port 8183
I don't have a specific(static) IP for my website
e-commerce due to the high cost of a security certificate from verisign


my website url is listed as an ip instead of a "alpha" url which I
worry may alarm customers/clients

scripts break since my ip and url do not match since my ip gets updated
frequently

wORKAROUNDS:

I'm using no-ip to host the dns entries for my dot com
thus all queries for my dot com get forwared to no-ip.com which then
forwards them to:
http://myip:8183

I configured all requests for my alternate web port on my router to be
forwarded specifically to my webserver pc on my local network

I use the masking option @ no-ip to substitute my httP://ip with
http://www.*.com

I use paypal for all eccommerce transactions.



Are there any good articles/books on doing this? I want to host my site
so I can have the flexibilty of 24/7 access and choosing my
infrastructure and tools etc

On 2005-10-07, boston_code_monkey <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I am attempting to host my own website, but have run into several
> obstacles.
> Due to the limited traffic I receive, I assumed I could use my dsl
> connection and win2k server to host my site.
^^^^^

What is your linux networking question?

--keith

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On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:28:09 -0700, boston_code_monkey wrote:

> Due to the limited traffic I receive, I assumed I could use my dsl
> connection and win2k server to host my site.

There's really no obstacle to setting up a web server on a dsl connection,
even if you don't have a fixed ip and port 80 is blocked. You seem to
have figured most of it out already, but you'll make your life easier if
you get your own domain name. I had a look at no-ip.com,
they seem to have everything you need, but
have a look at zoneedit.com, they're dns service is free for up to five
domain names.

What you want to do is:

1. Get a domain name.
2. Use dynamic dns to update it. no-ip.com and zoneedit.com will do this
for you.

3. Have your web server listen on a different port and have your
dns service forward requests for port 80 to that port. (which you've
already set up). zoneedit or no-ip can do this for you.

Have a look at www.dannelson.net/LSH/domain.html for info on getting a
domain name.

And zoneedit.com has some info on setting up dynamic dns.

Also, if you seriously want a web site that's secure, has the best
software, is flexible, easy to administer, then throw away your win2k
server and get a linux box.

Dan

In comp.os.linux.networking boston_code_monkey <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> I am attempting to host my own website, but have run into several
> obstacles.
> Due to the limited traffic I receive, I assumed I could use my dsl
> connection and win2k server to host my site.
^^^^^

So where's you Linux problem?

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Keith Keller <kkeller-(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

>On 2005-10-07, boston_code_monkey <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> I am attempting to host my own website, but have run into several
>> obstacles.
>> Due to the limited traffic I receive, I assumed I could use my dsl
>> connection and win2k server to host my site.
> ^^^^^

>What is your linux networking question?

And why would you want to use windows to host it? It is trivial to host a
web site in Linux, and apache probably has a better security reputation
than IEserver.

You might be able to use your dsl connection but many many ISPs filter out
all port 80 traffic intothe system, so you may not be able to host it.