I've always turned PWS off when not in use, but it would be nice to have it up and ready 24/7 so people can grab certain (yes, legal) files from me any time.
* It would be running in a non-admin account. On a vital machine, but no vital files in that particular account.
* It would be at an address posted publicly (not here
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* It runs OS X firewall and is behind a DSL router's firewall. Fully-patched Tiger system.
How safe is this? What ways might people exploit Apache to get at my system? It makes me nervous but it would sure be nice! Talk me into it or talk me out of it
TIA!
(Ultimate goal is to deliver maps and mods for a UT2004 server. But the server is my laptop, which makes it important when I travel.)
* It would be running in a non-admin account. On a vital machine, but no vital files in that particular account.
* It would be at an address posted publicly (not here
* It runs OS X firewall and is behind a DSL router's firewall. Fully-patched Tiger system.
How safe is this? What ways might people exploit Apache to get at my system? It makes me nervous but it would sure be nice! Talk me into it or talk me out of it
TIA!
(Ultimate goal is to deliver maps and mods for a UT2004 server. But the server is my laptop, which makes it important when I travel.)