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“So run it on Linux. Really, it’s not that difficult.”

That’s a good point! Ubuntu is pretty good for newcomers.

I’m posting from Linux Mint and have loved using Linux for the past seven years.

Good idea.

I have Apache running on Xubuntu with port 80 open,
so friends and family can visit (and laugh at my work.)

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GRC Port Authority Report created on UTC: 2013-01-18 at 09:00:59

Results from scan of ports: 0-1055

    1 Ports Open
    0 Ports Closed
 1055 Ports Stealth
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 1056 Ports Tested

NO PORTS were found to be CLOSED.

The port found to be OPEN was: 80

Other than what is listed above, all ports are STEALTH.

TruStealth: FAILED - NOT all tested ports were STEALTH,
                   - NO unsolicited packets were received,
                   - NO Ping reply (ICMP Echo) was received.

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The uninvited guests drop by.

Mon Jan 14  | 03:20:53 PM | 1.234.31.20 - GET /w00tw00t.at.blackhats.romanian.anti-sec:) HTTP/1.1
Mon Jan 14  | 03:20:53 PM | 1.234.31.20 - GET /phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1
Mon Jan 14  | 03:20:54 PM | 1.234.31.20 - GET /phpmyadmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1
Mon Jan 14  | 03:20:54 PM | 1.234.31.20 - GET /pma/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1
Mon Jan 14  | 03:20:55 PM | 1.234.31.20 - GET /myadmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1
Mon Jan 14  | 03:20:55 PM | 1.234.31.20 - GET /MyAdmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1

If they do somehow manage to get in and mangle things up, I can boot another disk
and try again.

Folks may do this with Windows, but I think I will pass on that.