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  • Subject: Re: [BL] httpd (was Connecting via ethernet)
  • Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 09:00:57 +1200

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




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