Poll: What do you use your server for?

Xavier · - Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 50

Just wondering, what do you use your server for?

nquin321 · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 3:29 am Post subject:

I use abyss for testing and hosting a personal website
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olly86 · - Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 993 Location: Wiltshire, UK

I use my server for testing & then when the scripts and pages all work I upload them to my paid for web space.
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goose · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 11:57 am Post subject:

i dont serve anyone! :wink:
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TRUSTAbyss · - Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 3752 Location: USA, GA

Just for the heck of it , I use Abyss Web Server
to host the following websites , look below!

Abyss Web Server: Tutorials
http://os17fan.cjb.net

::Virtual Host Creator::
http://www.multiple-sites.tk

Exterus · - Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 69 Location: Sweden

I use my server to host my site, my friends sites and also to make sharing files with people easier.

A bunch of people has their websites at my server, here's a little shameless site-promotion:

Montezumas homepage, a very talented rock'n'roll-band (feel free to download some of their music from the "Musik"-section of the webpage). In swedish.
Drunoks Drängar, a english/swedish site about roleplaying games (the pen & paper-kind, not crpgs).
Nemisis Ruinerna, a personal website with a lot of rpg-material. Also swedish.

Since the sites aren't mine, I figure it's ok to promote them. ;)
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Water Is Clear · - Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Posts: 43

someone hacked my comp, deleted almost everything :X :( ... Im right now a little scared to host...so Im not , on hiatus

nquin321 · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:17 pm Post subject:

goose · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 5:16 pm Post subject:

hmmm get the best firewall you can and virus protection ....and never update to service packs they kill your machine .....literally.
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Anonymoose · - Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 2192

Never update service packs ? 8O Nice. Wait till the next worm hits and you'll find out what really kills your machine :lol:

Xavier · - Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 50

in response to the hacked thing. umm a firewall wil block most things BUT you need more protectioin than just that...
here is what i have done:
hardware based firewall a the top of my network
have mcafee, zone alarm(free version lol), and a free firewall that came with my asus motherboard when i bought it.
snort ids

thats all for my windows box, i have an even sweeter setup on my linux box email me if u want details.

as far as i am concerned you canget more security on linux or unix. a lot of the security software for them are also free :D , which is better than paying $100 for mcafee. my reccomandation is dont host on windows. the server will be considerably slower on windows and (im assuming you will have apache, mysql, php) it will save you a LOT of time configuring and managing them.

Water Is Clear · - Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Posts: 43

I had zone alarm, had problems, issues. So I had to go to Sygate(after the hacked). Maybe also I can blame windows 98 *kicks comp*

Exterus · - Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 69 Location: Sweden

goose · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:24 pm Post subject:

im serious people have had nothing but shit happen with service packs ...things not working and so on...... worse than a slimey worm ...i eat worms for breakfast! :wink:
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nquin321 · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject:

iNaNimAtE · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:32 am Post subject:

I use my server for a variety of things.

So far, I have had 0 successful hacks on my server. I use a Linksys router with Port 80 forwarded; Norton Internet Security 2003; and a pached-up version of Windows XP Pro.

About the Service Packs: Essentially, a Service Pack is a load of patches rolled up into one. If you can download the patches, then you can probably download the Service Packs. If you can't download the Service Packs, then your operating system is as good as worthless.
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Xavier · - Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 50

iNaNimAtE · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 8:51 am Post subject:

I don't know how that ended up in this thread, but that doesn't sound like a server to me. (More of an "almost-gaming" machine).
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Foxified · - Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 487 Location: Canada

3 os O.o
That is all.

Xavier · - Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 50

Yes i do game on it a LOT but I find it still powerful enough to handle a server.

The 3 harddrives task was pretty hard. I had to modify the instrustions on building a harddrive switch to fit 3 ... its great though I would have hated to have to partition and crap.

iNaNimAtE · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject:

Well I wouldn't game and serve a website at the same time (especially if you are doing online gaming).
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Xavier · - Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 50

I think i have more than enough power to handle both at the same time, my games do not lag, and my server does not have any noticable difference.

Well I am heading out to go buy more RAM now lol. I will get 1GB and its not going to be cheap.. I've earned a little treat for myself :D $700 of RAMy goodness lol.

I had to work 2 1/2 months to get that much money lol, but im only 14.

iNaNimAtE · Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:53 pm Post subject:

I was mostly referring to the internet connection when it comes to doing both.

Oh, and $700 for 1GB of ram? I don't know where you're getting ripped off, but http://www.tigerdirect.com should give you a better price.
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