Re: Linux web-related books

[Joshua Levitsky <jlevitsk mindspring com>]

At 04:39 PM 10/30/98 , rsfurr curie uncg edu wrote:
>> I'm an extemely new user of Linux (installed RH 5.1 last night).  Any
>> suggestions for good books for web site hosting (and which ones to
>> specifically stay away from)?  I'm specifically interested in web site, news
>> server, and mail services (I plan to set up a site via my cable modem
>> account).

One thing about cable modems is that many companies will use DHCP to issue
IP's and they will not issue you the same IP. My friend has Roadrunner in
New York and gets a new IP each day from the DHCP server. (And yes his
machine is on.. and so it's not that he expires and someone else takes his
IP.. it's that the DHCP server says here's your new IP.) 

I only mention this because it can make it hard to host services over
cable. Plus most cable systems make you agree to not resell the cable
access which is essentially what you'll be doing if you setup a system.

If your cable company issues a new IP each day there is a service you can
use that will use DynamicDNS to update the IP for your domain. (They
provide primary and secondary DNS services.) I know they have a windows
program that does it. I don't know if they have a linux program or maybe
you can run their program through WINE. Dunno.. seen ads for it on the net
though.
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