Re: [sheflug] Apache, shtml and php config. problem

[Lesley Binks <lesley.binks [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

Ruth Gunstone wrote:
> In message <44E0DB90.6080005 [at] zen.co.uk>
>           Lesley Binks <lesley.binks [at] zen.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Ruth Gunstone wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>>  so according to
>>> "Shields Up!", It's practically invisible!
>>>
>> I suggest you try scanning from inside your network to see what ports
>> are open on it.  It would be interesting to know if there are any apart
>> from those you expect.
> 
> Fair dos. Can I do that from another PC (e.g. my Laptop which is also 
> running Ubuntu)? or do I need some specialist software?
> 
> [snip]
You might want to look for nmap (which you'll need to run from root). 
That comes on Linux and 'doze platform.  Best read the man page for it.
> 
>> So ... if you have a port left open that's controlled by root, and no
>> idea what process is using that port and the people who give you that
>> distro won't tell you what they need it for then ...., well ... the
>> choice is yours what you do about that port and that install.
> 
> Point taken.
> 
>> I have heard Ubuntu is pretty good over a range of hardware and some
>> people say it is the distro most likely to install on new hardware but
>> that may be because Ubuntu takes Debian and makes it *really* unstable ;)
> 
> Ouch! ;-)
> 
>>> My 'other' machine, the one I'm typing from now, doesn't run Windows
>>> /or/ Linux /or/ MacOS, so is to all intents 'invulnerable' to all
>>> those nasties out there :-)
>>>
>> ... or not .. as the case may be :)
>> Your list still leaves Solaris *BSD VAX/VMS AIX to name but 4.
> 
> .. and RISC OS :-)
> 
> running on a 10-year old 200MHz machine - still outperforming WinXP, 
> Gnome and MacOS in terms of desktop useability (i.e. 
> point-and-clickyness)!! Sadly, not outperforming very much in terms of 
> processing 'grunt' :-(   If only we could marry the RISC OS desktop to 
> the Linux OS  :-)
> 
> 
It may well be out there somewhere.

Regards

L.


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