hosting a page on my computer...

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Rafael Soteldo

When I was using XP I simply activated port 80 from my firewall to allow
outside access to a page located in my localhost. Could anybody tell me what
do I have to do in Vista to make my pages accessible from outside?

Thanks in advance...
 
Rafael Soteldo said:
When I was using XP I simply activated port 80 from my firewall to allow
outside access to a page located in my localhost. Could anybody tell me
what
do I have to do in Vista to make my pages accessible from outside?

Thanks in advance...
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Does your ISP know you are running a web server?
 
No. I'm just studying Visual Studio and making some tests with the pages a
build. Not interested in building commercial pages by now.

When I had XP installed on my computer, I just turned port 80 on, and
accessed the page using my IP address, like http://xx.xx.xx.xx/page...

Here in Vista, I don't even know how to install IIS. In xp I entered the
Control panel/Add programs/Add windows components. Could you please tell me
how do I do it in Vista.

Somebody wrote I wanted to be a net cop, I reallly don't understand...
 
Ringmaster said:
Probably not, but now everyone knows you want to be a net cop.
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Just making the OP aware that his account is likely to be pulled if his ISP
finds out......seems you don't know about these things, do you?
 
Rafael Soteldo said:
No. I'm just studying Visual Studio and making some tests with the pages a
build. Not interested in building commercial pages by now.

When I had XP installed on my computer, I just turned port 80 on, and
accessed the page using my IP address, like http://xx.xx.xx.xx/page...

Here in Vista, I don't even know how to install IIS. In xp I entered the
Control panel/Add programs/Add windows components. Could you please tell
me
how do I do it in Vista.
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Ignore Ringmaster - he's trying to make out he knows a lot more than he
does.

If you go to Control Panel-Programs and Features, and then in the Tasks
pane, click on "Turn Windows Features on or off", it's called Internet
Information Services. Select it and OK out.

HTH
 
Rafael Soteldo said:
When I was using XP I simply activated port 80 from my firewall to allow
outside access to a page located in my localhost. Could anybody tell me
what
do I have to do in Vista to make my pages accessible from outside?
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You would do the same thing. The firewall is the firewall and IIS is IIS.
 
Yes, but, under XP I used McAfee's firewall which was very easy to configure,
but under Vista, I'm using just the firewall built in it, I was trying to
find out where I could set this port, and I didn't find anything related to
port 80.

So I wonder, could it be that under Vista is not port 80 at all but some
other setting?

Do you know what keys/menus I have to navigate in order to find where to
make iis pages accesible from outside?
 
Rafael Soteldo said:
Yes, but, under XP I used McAfee's firewall which was very easy to
configure,
but under Vista, I'm using just the firewall built in it, I was trying to
find out where I could set this port, and I didn't find anything related
to
port 80.
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Control Panel-Windows Security Center. In the Left hand pane click on
Windows Firewall. In the next dialog box that appears, click on "Change
Settings". Click on the Exceptions tab, and at the bottom click on "Add
Port"

HTH
 
Just making the OP aware that his account is likely to be pulled if his ISP
finds out......seems you don't know about these things, do you?
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I know all about blowhards like you that love to tell others what they
should and shouldn't do. Been making them look stupid for over twenty
years.
 
Thank you Gordon,

I tried installing IIS and it worked!

By the way, about the port 80 issue, I understood that I must add the
exception to port 80, but, isn't port 80 the default port used for incoming
accesses?, I expected to have an explicit button for this port...
 
in fact, there's a button, in firewall change settings, called "World Wide
Web Services (http)", isn't it what I was looking for?
 
Rafael Soteldo said:
in fact, there's a button, in firewall change settings, called "World Wide
Web Services (http)", isn't it what I was looking for?
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What difference does it make? Setting a rule to explicitly open port 80
inbound or using the exception rule for http. It's the same thing.

Now, you have to account for security for IIS, O/S, registry, file system,
and user accounts for a machine that is being exposed to the public
Internet, which there entire books out there concerning the security aspect
in this area and professionals can hardly do it.

Hackers look for machines like your machine setting out there, because you
have not done your homework in the security aspect, but you feel the need to
expose the Web server to the Internet.

The machine is nothing but hack bait. The attack and compromise can happen
in a matter of seconds, once you port 80 to inbound traffic, which you have
done. The machine can now be used to attack other networks and Web servers
on the Internet. And you won't even know it's happening.
 
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