[Geomoose-users] Internet/Proxy?

[Brian Fischer]

Jay,
Your really getting into web server administration topics and it's a little bit out of the scope of this mailing list or the GeoMOOSE project.  Here's some pages to reference: http://bytes.com/serveradministration/index.html for Apache and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739761(WS.10).aspx for IIS.  And to complicate things even more on IIS, Microsoft has made big changes in each of its version 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0.  I taught myself this stuff through buying a bunch of books and just playing around with it.  It takes a while though.  There's lots of components involved in Web Server administration.

Hope that helps,
Brian

Brian Fischer, CFM  GIS Project Manager
Houston Engineering, Inc.
Phone: W: 763.493.4522 / M: 763.229.2734

-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Fraser [mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:55 AM
To: Jay Kapalczynski
Cc: geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Internet/Proxy?

Jay,

You need to:

1. Physically secure the computer(s)
     - so not just anyone can walk up to it and stick in a disk

2. Enable basic operating system and network security
     - e.g., so strangers can't browse your files, etc
     - you'll need to do some reading (or hire a consultant)

3. Enable web application security to allow selected users to access your apps
     - several ways to do that.
     - one popular way is to use server-side scripting (e.g. PHP
       with SESSION variables to make sure those accessing a web page
       are "logged in" (e.g have entered a valid username and password)

Best Regards,
Brent Fraser



Jay Kapalczynski wrote:
> I have a few questions regarding my GeoMoose application and Other Web 
> Apps I have..and what I need/should do to get it out to the internet.
> 
> My main concern is getting the app out to the internet and making sure 
> the data is secure.  I am very new to this and would be most 
> appreciative of any feedback and direction to help figure this out.
> 
>  
> 
> I assume I need to find a host, or build the system where I host it 
> (figure that would be expensive)
> 
> I have heard about firewalls and proxys etc..but need a bit more help 
> and direction.
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> 
> Can Anyone briefly outline what I need if I get it hosted vs what I 
> would need if I hosted myself..
> 
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> 
> Thanks
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