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  1. 09-27-2008 #1
    michaelbenton
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    New to hosting

    HelLo aLL,
    I want to host my website from home. I have a domain and a dns server set up but I have to ge my machine up and running. What type of software should I be looking for that is free and fairly simple. I am 1st year IT student and have many questions so please patient replys only.
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    Check out Apache.

    It comes with most Linux distributions and is quite popular.
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    That Linux Guy
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    Another thing you might want to look into is if your ISP will let you host a HTTP server. Many ISPs block inbound connections on ports 20/21, 25, and 80 (FTP, SMTP, and HTTP).

    When I ran a home HTTP server, I had more trouble with port forwarding than I did actually setting up Apache. I suggest reading through the documentation on Apache's site. It's very good.
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