Posted by hywel.jenkins on 10/07/05 11:25

boston_code_monkey wrote:
> I am attempting to host my own website, but have run into several
> obstacles.
> Due to the limited traffic I receive, I assumed I could use my dsl
> connection and win2k server to host my site.

>
> Obstacles:
> My ISP (verizon) blocks port 80 so my windows http webserver listens on
> port 8183
> I don't have a specific(static) IP for my website
> e-commerce due to the high cost of a security certificate from verisign

Eh? I guess your ecommerce isn't that important, then. What if your
cable connection drops? http://www.freessl.org/


> my website url is listed as an ip instead of a "alpha" url which I
> worry may alarm customers/clients

Do you have any customers/clients, then?


> scripts break since my ip and url do not match (since my ip gets
> updated frequently)

Don't hard-code that stuff.


> wORKAROUNDS:
>
> I'm using no-ip to host the dns entries for my dot com
> thus all queries for my dot com get forwared to no-ip.com which then
> forwards them to:
> http://myip:8183
>
> I configured all requests for my alternate web port on my router to be
> forwarded specifically to my webserver pc on my local network
>
> I use the masking option @ no-ip to substitute my httP://ip with
> http://www.*.com
>
> I use paypal for all eccommerce transactions.

So, you don't need SSL. PayPal handles that for you.


> Are there any good articles/books on doing this? Not just the web
> server and web page design aspects, but ISP cost, dns, etc

http://www.google.com/


> I want to host my site so I can have the flexibilty of 24/7 access and
> choosing my infrastructure and tools etc

Find a proper host and do it properly. With the variety of low-cost
hosting there's no excuse for trying to run ecommerce sites in this
way.

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Hywel

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