From: RobertB 

In article , "Geo."
 wrote:

> "RobertB"  wrote in message
> news:missinglink-505AD0.12501509062007{at}news.barkto.com...
>
> >> setup a web server behind nat, mapping only port 80, run windows update
> >> so
> >
> > Windows! Aghhh. George, this would be on OS X, which runs Apache.
>
> That would be tougher to secure but if you opt to not install any extras
> could be made just as secure if not more secure.

Well, you can lock Apache down AFAIK, and I would turn off other services
like FTP, etc. OS X also includes a software firewall.

>
> >> the machine is fully patched, burn the site to CD and set the CD
> >> directory
> >> as the website directory. Now it's almost impossible to hack
and as long
> >> as
> >
> > Hey, I didn't think you could do that sort of thing. Wouldn't that be
> > dog slow?
>
> I don't know on a Mac but on Windows with just a dozen or so pages, the
> pages would all get cached and once cached it would be quite quick.

Yeah, that's doable. THe site ain't that big. My ISP would gripe about that
though I would think.

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