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James Miller wrote:
>
> you should stop the http server before connecting to the 
> internet - unless you're behind a firewall.

This is certainly prudent if you are running httpd on your
main system.  However, if you are using a junk 486 with a
dial-up connection to the internet, it's not a big issue.
In fact it might be interesting/useful sometime to serve
some pages/files to your friends across the internet. 


Cheers,
Steven