Re: Basic Security ?
From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 03/06/05
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Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 19:17:30 GMT
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 11:36:20 -0500, "Robert A." <satan@invalid.org>
wrote:
>I use the IIS included in Windows XP Pro, I only use it on my home computer
>for development purposes (ASP, PHP, etc.) I looked up security techniques
>and it all seems pretty involved and for actually running a Web server.
>
>What's some basic stuff I should be doing in my situation ?
If you don't access this from outside your house, then block port 80
int he firewall (or actually, don't open it, since you should block
everything and only open what you need.)
You could disconnect from the internet when testing, then shut down
the web service when you reconnect. That's probably overkill, but
overkill isn't a bad thing in security terms.
>Also, I always keep my security patches up to date with
>windowsupdate.microsoft.com but I don't think that keeps IIS updated does it
>? Where should I go for that ?
IIS isn't "updated", it's a part of the OS so any security fixes for
your operating system will include any IIS fixes as well.
>Remember, I don't want to get too involved.
Then yu shouldn't be dealing with security. Security is all about
involvement.
See the help here as well:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/
Jeff
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