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Step 1: Obtain and secure your very own web accessible server... Fudge :/

• npsimons 14y ago
  Maybe I'm just forgetting the pain of doing this, as it was so long ago, but here's my general remembrances: 1) Call your ISP and ask for a "business" account with static IP. This will cost more, but to some, it's a privilege worth paying for. 2) Setup a spare computer with $OSS_OS_OF_YOUR_CHOICE running a web server and put in the numbers your ISP tells you. 3) You're done. Of course, it'd be nice if you would harden the server (maybe start with a hardened distro) and have email as well as a domain name, but those aren't that complicated these days either (and can usually be outsourced if you don't really care). Heck, you can skip all this and pay under $10/month for a web server of your own (virtualized of course).
  • StavrosK 14y ago
    You shouldn't even really need a static IP. I run mine with a dynamic IP with dyndns very successfully.
    • npsimons 14y ago
      That's definitely an option. Sometimes, though, the TOS or just general policy blocks that. Part of the reason to go with a "business" account with static IP is to tell your ISP that "hey, I'm not kidding, I want to serve stuff here.".
• echohead 14y ago
  Web accessible servers are cheap and easy to come by these days in the form of cloud instances. AWS will even give you the first one for free.
  • Teckla 14y ago
    The technical knowledge required to setup, secure, and maintain your own server sets a pretty high bar. What's really needed is a turn-key solution.
  • Executor 14y ago
    Is this true? Doesn't this free service stop after a year?