Stupid Newbie question- Web access.

If I create a Web site on Apache, and just leave my system connected to the
'net, would anyone be able to view it?

(Forget about why this would be stupid. I just want to know if it would
work in theory.)

Doug.
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Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>If I create a Web site on Apache, and just leave my system connected to the
>'net, would anyone be able to view it?
>
>(Forget about why this would be stupid. I just want to know if it would
>work in theory.)

Well, given that that's how servers work, yes ... in theory.

Of course, in practice, a few factors need to be considered. For
starters, the server needs to be actually running (just placing files in the
DocumentRoot is insufficient) and there needs to be nothing blocking access
to the server itself (e.g. firewall, ISP restrictions etc.)

.... oh, and people would need to know how to find it (be that simply
your ip address or some domain that resolves to your IP address).

MM

Doug Laidlaw <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<9hn9u-(E-Mail Removed)>...
> If I create a Web site on Apache, and just leave my system connected to the
> 'net, would anyone be able to view it?
>
> (Forget about why this would be stupid. I just want to know if it would
> work in theory.)
>
> Doug.

In those most basic of terms, "yes".